Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

महिमानमिमं श्रुत्वा लोलार्कस्य नरोत्तमः । न दुःखी जायते क्वापि संसारे दुःखसागरे

Transliteration

mahimānamimaṃ śrutvā lolārkasya narottamaḥ | na duḥkhī jāyate kvāpi saṃsāre duḥkhasāgare

Translation

لولارک کی یہ عظمت سن کر نر اُتم اس دُکھوں کے سمندر جیسے سنسار میں کہیں بھی غم و رنج کے ساتھ جنم نہیں لیتا۔

Word by Word

• महिमानम्: greatness, glory
• महिमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; विशेषण

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive) — having heard

• लोलार्कस्य: of Lolārka
• लोलार्कस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोलार्क (प्रातिपदिक; लोल + अर्क)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नर-उत्तमः: the best of men
• नर-उत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Sentence particle/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• दुःखी: unhappy, sorrowful
• दुःखी: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• जायते: is born, becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — Present, 3rd person, Singular (Ātmanepada)

• क्वापि: anywhere
• क्वापि: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indefinite adverb) — ‘anywhere’

• संसारे: in the world (cycle of existence)
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दुःख-सागरे: in the ocean of sorrow
• दुःख-सागरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular; संसारे इति विशेषणार्थे समानााधिकरण

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lolārka

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience (ṛṣis/śaunaka-traditional setting)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee listens to the proclamation of Lolārka’s glory near a sunlit pond in Kāśī; the ‘ocean of saṃsāra’ is symbolized behind as dark waves, while the tīrtha radiates calm light.

Characters & Entities

• Lolārka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa of tīrtha-māhātmya is transformative; hearing with faith is presented as a remedy to saṃsāric sorrow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lolārka tīrtha in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing (śravaṇa) the māhātmya itself is the stated practice and its fruit is freedom from sorrow.