Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

विष्ठागर्ते च निरये स्वयं पतति दुर्मतिः । आभूतसंप्लवं यावत्ततः स्याद्ग्रामसूकरी

Transliteration

viṣṭhāgarte ca niraye svayaṃ patati durmatiḥ | ābhūtasaṃplavaṃ yāvattataḥ syādgrāmasūkarī

Translation

وہ بدعقل خود ہی گندگی کے گڑھے والے دوزخ میں جا گرتی ہے؛ اور قیامتِ کائنات (پرلَے) تک پھر وہ گاؤں کی مادہ سور بن جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• विष्ठा-गर्ते: in a pit of excrement
• विष्ठा-गर्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक) + गर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular) — अधिकरण (location)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• निरये: in hell
• निरये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular) — अधिकरण

• स्वयम्: by herself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — स्वकृत्ये/स्वतः (oneself)

• पतति: falls
• पतति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person, Singular)

• दुर्मतिः: the evil-minded (woman)
• दुर्मतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular) — कर्ता

• आ-भूत-संप्लवम्: until the cosmic deluge
• आ-भूत-संप्लवम्: Adhikarana (Time-limit/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular) — कालपर्यन्त-प्रयोगः (up to the time of …)

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Time connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — यावदवधि (as long as/until)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereafter/therefore)

• स्यात्: would become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person, Singular)

• ग्राम-सूकरी: a village sow
• ग्राम-सूकरी: Karma/Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक) + सूकरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular) — विधेय-नाम (predicate noun)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark pit of filth (viṣṭhā-garta) as naraka; the sinner falling by her own momentum; transition to rebirth as a village sow amid human settlement outskirts.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma leads to degrading states of suffering; vivid naraka imagery is used to deter betrayal and moral collapse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named; the verse is part of Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s ethical instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes karmic retribution.