Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

ततो नृसिंहतीर्थं च महाभयनिवारणम् । कालादपि कुतस्तत्र स्नात्वा परिबिभेति च

Transliteration

tato nṛsiṃhatīrthaṃ ca mahābhayanivāraṇam | kālādapi kutastatra snātvā paribibheti ca

Translation

پھر نرسمہ تیرتھ ہے جو بڑے بڑے خوف کو دور کرتا ہے۔ وہاں اشنان کے بعد بھلا کال (موت) سے بھی ڈر کیسا، پھر اور کس چیز کا ڈر؟

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (thereafter)

• नृसिंहतीर्थम्: Nṛsiṃha-tirtha
• नृसिंहतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ + सिंह + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (नृसिंहस्य तीर्थम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• महाभयनिवारणम्: remover of great fear
• महाभयनिवारणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + भय + निवारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास; विशेषण (नृसिंहतीर्थम्)

• कालात्: from Time; from death
• कालात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (even/also)

• कुतः: how much less; whence
• कुतः: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक (whence/how then)

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

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

• परिबिभेति: fears greatly; is afraid
• परिबिभेति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + भी (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within purāṇic frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha, a pilgrim emerges from the water with steady gaze; behind, a fierce yet protective Narasiṃha presence is suggested—fear dissolving even of Kāla.

Characters & Entities

• Nṛsiṃha
• Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha
• Kāla (Death/Time)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True fearlessness is spiritual: sacred practice in Kāśī is said to conquer even the dread of death/time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha, praised as a remover of great fear.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna at Nṛsiṃha-tīrtha; the fruit is fearlessness, even regarding Kāla (death/time).