Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

सा तत्र मृत्युं न प्राप शिवनिर्माल्यभक्षणात् । क्षेत्रादन्यत्र मरणं जातं तस्यास्तदेनसः

Transliteration

sā tatra mṛtyuṃ na prāpa śivanirmālyabhakṣaṇāt | kṣetrādanyatra maraṇaṃ jātaṃ tasyāstadenasaḥ

Translation

شِو کے نِرمَالیہ کے کھانے کے سبب وہ وہاں، اُس مقدّس کھیتر میں، موت کو نہ پہنچی؛ مگر اسی گناہ کے باعث مقدّس حد سے باہر اس کی موت واقع ہوئی۔

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• mṛtyum: death
• mṛtyum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• prāpa: attained/met
• prāpa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāp (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/परिपूर्णभूत (Perfect-like narrative past; here simple past sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी

• śiva-nirmālya-bhakṣaṇāt: because of eating Śiva’s nirmālya
• śiva-nirmālya-bhakṣaṇāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + nirmālya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (cause): ‘शिवस्य निर्माल्यस्य भक्षणात्’

• kṣetrāt: from the sacred area (kṣetra)
• kṣetrāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• anyatra: elsewhere
• anyatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (elsewhere)

• maraṇam: death
• maraṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• jātam: occurred
• jātam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘जातम्’ = ‘occurred’

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• tat-enasaḥ: of that sin
• tat-enasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + enas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष: ‘तत् एनसः’ = ‘of that sin’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (sīmā-mahimā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A liminal scene at the edge of Kāśī: the frog remains safe within the sacred precinct; beyond the boundary marker, the atmosphere darkens and death overtakes her—illustrating the invisible line of protection.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī-kṣetra
• Śiva
• nirmālya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī grants extraordinary protection, yet violations of worship-dharma still bear consequences, especially beyond the kṣetra’s boundary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra is portrayed as a uniquely protective sacred domain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A warning is implied: do not consume Śiva’s nirmālya; maintain purity and reverence toward offerings.