Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

नक्षत्रग्रहराशीनां बाधास्तेषां कदाचन । न भविष्यंति ये काश्यां नक्षत्रेश्वरवीक्षकाः

Transliteration

nakṣatragraharāśīnāṃ bādhāsteṣāṃ kadācana | na bhaviṣyaṃti ye kāśyāṃ nakṣatreśvaravīkṣakāḥ

Translation

Ai ở Kāśī chiêm bái và cầu kính Nakṣatreśvara thì sẽ không bao giờ gặp tai ương do các nakṣatra, các hành tinh hay các cung hoàng đạo gây nên.

Word by Word

• nakṣatra-graha-rāśīnām: of the constellations, planets, and zodiacal signs
• nakṣatra-graha-rāśīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + graha (प्रातिपदिक) + rāśi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—द्वन्द्वः (copulative) ततः षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्

• bādhāḥ: obstructions, afflictions
• bādhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bādhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• kadācana: ever, at any time
• kadācana: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal indeclinable)

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• bhaviṣyanti: will be, will occur
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• kāśyām: in Kāśī
• kāśyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• nakṣatra-īśvara-vīkṣakāḥ: observers of the lords of the constellations
• nakṣatra-īśvara-vīkṣakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + vīkṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (determinative)

Speaker

Bhagavad-gaṇas (Śiva’s attendants)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nakṣatreśvara (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī shrine of Nakṣatreśvara with a liṅga under a canopy of constellations; devotees offer lamps while planetary symbols fade into calm light.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Nakṣatreśvara
• Grahas (planets)
• Rāśis (zodiac signs)
• Nakṣatras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī-darśana of a specific liṅga is portrayed as a dharmic remedy that transcends astrological afflictions through Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nakṣatreśvara-liṅga in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nakṣatreśvara-vīkṣaṇa/darśana (beholding/visiting Nakṣatreśvara in Kāśī).