Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

शरारिणां स्थितिरियमुत्पत्तिप्रलयात्मिका । दिव्यान्यपि शरीराणि कालाद्यांत्येवमेव हि

Transliteration

śarāriṇāṃ sthitiriyamutpattipralayātmikā | divyānyapi śarīrāṇi kālādyāṃtyevameva hi

Translation

جسم والے جانداروں کی یہی حالت ہے کہ وہ پیدائش اور فنا کی فطرت رکھتے ہیں۔ حتیٰ کہ دیویہ اجسام بھی وقت کے ساتھ زوال پذیر ہو جاتے ہیں—یہی یقینی حقیقت ہے۔

Word by Word

• शरारिणाम्: of embodied beings
• शरारिणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (of)

• स्थितिः: state; continuance
• स्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उत्पत्ति-प्रलय-आत्मिका: consisting of origination and dissolution
• उत्पत्ति-प्रलय-आत्मिका: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन्/आत्मिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (having the nature of)

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); ‘also/even’

• शरीराणि: bodies
• शरीराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• कालात्: from time
• कालात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• यान्ति: go; pass away
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चय (for/indeed)

Speaker

Śambhu (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a foremost sage (munipuṅgava) and/or Brahman interlocutor within the chapter’s dialogue frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative discourse in Kāśī: Śambhu’s words on the rise and fall of bodies, with the city’s ghats and cremation fires implied as a backdrop of impermanence.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Kāla (Time)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All embodied existence is impermanent; recognizing time’s power turns the mind toward the deathless refuge—Śiva and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is doctrinal rather than geographical; within Kāśī Khaṇḍa it supports Kāśī’s message of liberation amid impermanence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a philosophical instruction on the nature of embodied life.