Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

देवी पशुऽपतेः पश्चादमृतेश्वर सन्निधौ । स्नात्वा चैवामृते कूपे नमनीया प्रयत्नतः

Transliteration

devī paśu'pateḥ paścādamṛteśvara sannidhau | snātvā caivāmṛte kūpe namanīyā prayatnataḥ

Translation

پشوپتی کے مزار کے پیچھے، امرتیشور کے قریب، امرت کے کنویں میں غسل کر کے پھر پوری کوشش کے ساتھ دیوی کو ادب سے نمسکار کرنا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पशुपतेः: of Paśupati
• पशुपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशुपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पश्चात्: after/behind
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/देशवाचक (after/behind)

• अमृतेश्वर: Amṛteśvara (Lord of Amṛta)
• अमृतेश्वर: Sambandha (Genitive-in-compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समासः; (अमृतस्य ईश्वरः)

• सन्निधौ: in the presence/nearby
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• अमृते: at/in Amṛta (place/name)
• अमृते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कूपे: in the well
• कूपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• नमनीया: to be saluted
• नमनीया: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नम् (धातु) + अनीयर् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (अनीयर्) ‘ought to be bowed to’, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रयत्नतः: earnestly/with effort
• प्रयत्नतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘with effort/earnestly’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛta-kūpa (Amṛta well) near Amṛteśvara, behind Paśupati

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim navigates narrow lanes behind the Paśupati shrine to Amṛteśvara; at a small stone-lined well (Amṛta-kūpa) they bathe, then bow to a nearby Devī shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Paśupati
• Amṛteśvara
• Amṛta-kūpa
• Devī (Amṛteśvarī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s holiness is accessed through a lived pilgrimage—bathing, approaching Śiva’s presence, and reverently saluting the Devī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amṛteśvara-sannidhi and the Amṛta-kūpa, located in relation to the Paśupati shrine within Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna in the Amṛta-kūpa (sacred bath) followed by namaskāra (reverent bowing) to the Devī.