Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

निर्विश्य सुचिरं कालं दिव्यान्भोगाननुत्तमान् । ततोऽत्र ज्ञानिनो भूत्वा मुक्तिं प्राप्स्यंति शाश्वतीम्

Transliteration

nirviśya suciraṃ kālaṃ divyānbhogānanuttamān | tato'tra jñānino bhūtvā muktiṃ prāpsyaṃti śāśvatīm

Translation

بہت مدت تک بے مثال دیویہ بھوگوں سے لطف اندوز ہو کر، پھر یہیں وہ گیانی (صاحبِ معرفت) بنیں گے اور ابدی مکتی (نجات) کو پالیں گے۔

Word by Word

• निर्विश्य: having entered/experienced
• निर्विश्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निर्+विश् (धातु) → निर्विश्य (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive) — ‘having entered/experienced’

• सुचिरम्: for a long time
• सुचिरम्: Kriya-viseshana (Extent/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular) — कालविशेषण (adjectival to time)

• कालम्: time
• कालम्: Karma (Object as duration/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular) — कालावधि (duration as object)

• दिव्यान्: divine
• दिव्यान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural) — विशेषण

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural)

• अनुत्तमान्: unsurpassed
• अनुत्तमान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative plural) — विशेषण; ‘unsurpassed’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: then/from there)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• ज्ञानिनः: the wise/knowers
• ज्ञानिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञानिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative plural) — ‘knowers/wise ones’

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु) → भूत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive) — ‘having become’

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• प्राप्स्यन्ति: they will attain
• प्राप्स्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘they will attain’

• शाश्वतीम्: eternal
• शाश्वतीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative singular) — विशेषण (to मुक्ति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (as causal tīrtha) / Kailāsa (as attained realm)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Kailāsa’s radiant realm, the uplifted beings enjoy divine pleasures for a long time; then a quiet turn inward occurs—faces serene, eyes contemplative—signaling the rise of liberating knowledge and release.

Characters & Entities

• mukti (liberation)
• jñāna (spiritual knowledge)
• Kāśī-kṣetra (atra, context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic soteriology often frames a progression: merit yields divine states, culminating in jñāna and eternal mokṣa—especially through Kāśī’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The liberation-current is anchored in Kāśī’s Muktimaṇḍapa/Kukkuṭamaṇḍapa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; the verse describes the fruit (phala): jñāna and śāśvatī mukti.