Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अन्यद्रहस्यं वक्ष्यामि न वाच्यं यत्रकुत्रचित् । अभक्तेषु सदा गोप्यं न गोप्यं भक्तिमज्जने

Transliteration

anyadrahasyaṃ vakṣyāmi na vācyaṃ yatrakutracit | abhakteṣu sadā gopyaṃ na gopyaṃ bhaktimajjane

Translation

میں ایک اور راز بیان کرتا ہوں—جو ہر جگہ اور کہیں بھی کہنے کے لائق نہیں۔ بے ایمانوں سے اسے ہمیشہ چھپانا چاہیے، مگر جو بھکتی میں ڈوبا ہو اس سے اسے چھپانا نہیں۔

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another
• अन्यत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying रहस्यम्)

• रहस्यम्: secret
• रहस्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rahasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• वाच्यम्: to be spoken (should be told)
• वाच्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु) + ya (णीयत्/यत् भावे)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘वक्तव्यम्’ अर्थे

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere (at all)
• कुत्रचित्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kutra + cit (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय; ‘चित्’ अनिश्चित्यर्थक (anywhere)

• अभक्तेषु: among non-devotees
• अभक्तेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a + bhakta (प्रातिपदिक); उपसर्ग-निषेध
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘अ-’ नञ् (non-devotees)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• गोप्यम्: to be concealed
• गोप्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gopya (प्रातिपदिक/कृत्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be kept secret)

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

• गोप्यम्: to be concealed
• गोप्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gopya (प्रातिपदिक/कृत्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भक्तिमज्जने: in one immersed in devotion
• भक्तिमज्जने: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti + majjana (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भक्तेः मज्जनम् = immersion in devotion)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-rahasya (esoteric tīrtha teaching)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn teacher leans toward a sage, signaling secrecy—one hand raised in caution, the other in blessing—while Kāśī’s ghāṭas glow in the background.

Characters & Entities

• bhakti (devotion)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is to be shared with discernment: devotion is the qualifying vessel for receiving tīrtha-rahasya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse prepares for a Kāśī-related secret (contextually leading to Māṇikarṇikā), though it does not name the site directly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A teaching on conduct: do not broadcast esoteric tīrtha teachings indiscriminately; share with true devotees.