Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

तद्वायव्यंबरीषेशो नरस्तदवलोकनात् । गर्भवासं न चाप्नोति संसारे दुःखसंकुले

Transliteration

tadvāyavyaṃbarīṣeśo narastadavalokanāt | garbhavāsaṃ na cāpnoti saṃsāre duḥkhasaṃkule

Translation

اس کے شمال مغرب میں امباریشیش ہے؛ اس کے درشن سے انسان اس دُکھوں سے بھرے سنسار میں دوبارہ گَربھ واس (رحم میں ٹھہرنا، یعنی پُنرجنم) کو نہیں پاتا۔

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेष्य-सूचन (that [liṅga/spot])

• वायव्य-अम्बरीष-ईशः: Vāyavya-Ambārīṣeśa (name of the deity)
• वायव्य-अम्बरीष-ईशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बरीष (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper name/title)

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (that [deity/spot])

• अवलोकनात्: from seeing
• अवलोकनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव + लोकन (प्रातिपदिक; लोक्-धातोः भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ (from beholding)

• गर्भवासम्: dwelling in the womb (rebirth)
• गर्भवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• च: and (even)
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction/and; here emphatic with negation)

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• संसारे: in worldly existence
• संसारे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in saṃsāra)

• दुःख-संकुले: crowded with suffering
• दुःख-संकुले: Sambandha (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + संकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; संसारे इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambārīṣeśa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim turns northwest to Ambārīṣeśa; the shrine is depicted as a threshold beyond a wheel of births—womb imagery fades, replaced by a clear path of light signifying apunarbhava.

Characters & Entities

• Ambārīṣeśa
• Kedāra (implied reference point)
• Saṃsāra
• Garbha-vāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy darśana in Kāśī is portrayed as liberation-oriented, cutting the cycle of rebirth and womb-dwelling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ambārīṣeśa, located to the northwest of the Kedāra locus within Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (avalokana) of Ambārīṣeśa as a liberation-linked act.