Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

हरेयश्चावयोर्भेदं न करोति महामतिः । शिवभक्तः स विज्ञेयो महापाशुपतश्च सः

Transliteration

hareyaścāvayorbhedaṃ na karoti mahāmatiḥ | śivabhaktaḥ sa vijñeyo mahāpāśupataśca saḥ

Translation

جو صاحبِ عظمتِ فکر ہری اور ہم میں کوئی بھید نہیں کرتا، وہی شِو بھکت سمجھا جائے؛ بے شک وہ مہا پاشوپت ہے۔

Word by Word

• hare: O Hari
• hare: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative); एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• āvayoḥ: of us two
• āvayoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-द्विवचनार्थक-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); द्विवचन

• bhedam: difference
• bhedam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• karoti: makes/does
• karoti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) करणॆ
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahā-matiḥ: the great-minded person
• mahā-matiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ('great-minded')

• śiva-bhaktaḥ: a devotee of Śiva
• śiva-bhaktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (कृदन्त; √bhaj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vijñeyaḥ: to be known (as)
• vijñeyaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√jñā (ज्ञा) अवबोधने + -ya (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम्; क्तव्य/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: 'to be known')

• mahā-pāśupataḥ: a great Pāśupata (Śaiva)
• mahā-pāśupataḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pāśupata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ('great Pāśupata')

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (as the integrative kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor of the Kāśī discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like ‘mahāmati’ stands between Śiva and Viṣṇu, seeing them as one essence; behind, Kāśī’s ghāṭas and temple spires suggest the lived unity of worship in the city.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Śiva
• Pāśupata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Highest devotion transcends sectarian division; seeing unity between Hari and Śiva is praised as great-minded Śaiva realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in this verse; within the chapter’s Kāśī-Gaṅgā setting, it supports the broader Kāśī dharma ethos.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it defines spiritual qualification: non-dual reverence toward Hari and Śiva.