Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तारकं ब्रह्मव्याचष्टे तेन ब्रह्म भवंति हि । एवं श्लोको भवत्येष आहुर्वै वेदवादिनः

Transliteration

tārakaṃ brahmavyācaṣṭe tena brahma bhavaṃti hi | evaṃ śloko bhavatyeṣa āhurvai vedavādinaḥ

Translation

وہ تارک کو برہمن کے طور پر بیان کرتا ہے؛ اسی سے جاندار حقیقتاً برہمن ہو جاتے ہیں۔ یہی یہ شلوک ہے، جیسا کہ وید کے قائلین اعلان کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• तारकम्: the Tāraka (mantra)
• तारकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रह्म: Brahmā / the Creator
• ब्रह्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तृपद-रूप (agent)

• व्याचष्टे: explains, declares
• व्याचष्टे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ā-cakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• तेन: by that, through that
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम-रूप

• ब्रह्म: Brahman (the Absolute)
• ब्रह्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवन्ति: become
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle, indeed)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• श्लोकः: verse
• श्लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवति: is, becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• एषः: this
• एषः: Visheshya (Appositional demonstrative/निर्देशक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम-रूप

• आहुः: they say
• आहुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• वेदवादिनः: the Veda-speakers, Vedic expounders
• वेदवादिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda + vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Skanda (citing Vedic authorities, veda-vādinaḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Dakṣiṇāmūrti-like teacher in Kāśī, radiating stillness; the word ‘Tāraka’ appears as luminous syllables dissolving into an infinite Brahman-light, while Veda-knowers gesture in assent.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Brahman
• Veda-vādinaḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Tāraka teaching is identified with Brahman-realization, granting liberation through direct knowledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Avimukta/Kāśī, where the Tāraka instruction is classically given.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual; the emphasis is on upadeśa (liberating instruction/knowledge).