Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

एवं कुर्वन्नरो जातु न दरिद्रो न दुःखभाक् । व्याधिभिर्मुच्यते घोरैरपिजन्मांतरार्जितैः

Transliteration

evaṃ kurvannaro jātu na daridro na duḥkhabhāk | vyādhibhirmucyate ghorairapijanmāṃtarārjitaiḥ

Translation

جو شخص اس طرح عمل کرتا ہے وہ کبھی محتاج نہیں ہوتا، نہ غم کا حامل؛ وہ ہولناک بیماریوں سے بھی نجات پاتا ہے، اگرچہ وہ پچھلے جنموں میں کمائی ہوئی ہوں۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): ‘एवम्’ = thus/in this manner

• कुर्वन्: doing (so)
• कुर्वन्: Kartṛ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कुर्वत् (कृदन्त/वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘doing’

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Kartṛ (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जातु: ever, at any time
• जातु: Kālādhi karaṇa / Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/particle of time): ‘ever/at any time’

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• दरिद्रः: poor
• दरिद्रः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• न: nor/not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• दुःखभाक्: one who suffers sorrow
• दुःखभाक्: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + भाज् (धातु) → भाक् (कृदन्त/नामधातुजन्य)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दुःखस्य भाक् = ‘partaker of sorrow’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• व्याधिभिः: by diseases
• व्याधिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• घोरैः: terrible
• घोरैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘vyādhibhiḥ’)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha / Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अवधारण/particle): ‘even/also’

• जन्मान्तरार्जितैः: acquired in other births
• जन्मान्तरार्जितैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (कृदन्त, √अर्ज्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: जन्मान्तर-आर्जित (other-birth-acquired); ‘अर्जित’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) from अर्ज्; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘vyādhibhiḥ’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya and/or assembled sages (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī performs the prescribed observance with folded hands; behind him the Gaṅgā ghāṭas and a subtle aura of healing light dispels dark, disease-like shadows labeled as past-karma.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, dharmic worship is presented as a purifier of karmic burdens and a support for well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The phalaśruti is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It refers back to the prescribed arghya-and-nāma recitation to Sūrya at the daily sandhyās.