Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तृतीयाश्रमिणो यस्मिन्वनवृत्तिकृतादराः । निःस्पृहा ग्रामवार्तासु वेदवर्त्मानुसारिणः

Transliteration

tṛtīyāśramiṇo yasminvanavṛttikṛtādarāḥ | niḥspṛhā grāmavārtāsu vedavartmānusāriṇaḥ

Translation

وہاں تیسرے آشرم (وان پرستھ) والے جنگل نشینی کے طریقے کو احترام سے اپناتے تھے، گاؤں کے معاملات کی خواہش سے بے نیاز رہتے تھے، اور وید کے بتائے ہوئے راستے پر چلتے تھے۔

Word by Word

• tṛtīya-āśramiṇaḥ: those of the third āśrama (forest-dwellers)
• tṛtīya-āśramiṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīya + āśramin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तृतीय आश्रमः येषाम् = वानप्रस्थाः)

• yasmin: in which
• yasmin: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• vana-vṛtti-kṛta-ādarāḥ: showing respect for forest-based livelihood
• vana-vṛtti-kṛta-ādarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vana + vṛtti + kṛta + ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वनवृत्तौ कृतः आदरः येषाम्)

• niḥspṛhāḥ: free from desire
• niḥspṛhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥ-spṛha (प्रातिपदिक; निः + स्पृह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; उपसर्ग ‘निः’ (without)

• grāma-vārtāsu: in village affairs/news
• grāma-vārtāsu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma + vārtā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ग्रामस्य वार्ताः)

• veda-vartma-anusāriṇaḥ: followers of the Vedic path
• veda-vartma-anusāriṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda + vartman + anusārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वेदवर्त्मनि अनुसारिणः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vānaprasthas in a quiet forest hermitage: simple huts, sacred fire, deer and birds nearby; elders with bark garments and matted hair, reading or meditating, indifferent to distant village bustle.

Characters & Entities

• Divodāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Progress in dharma matures into detachment and Vedic-aligned simplicity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s sacred milieu is supported by depicting renunciant-friendly values in its associated kingdom.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it recommends the vānaprastha discipline and detachment.