Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

इत्थं भवित्री ते मुक्तिः कैटभारातिदर्शनात् । भोगान्भुक्त्वा बहुविधान्वैकुंठ नगरे शुभे

Transliteration

itthaṃ bhavitrī te muktiḥ kaiṭabhārātidarśanāt | bhogānbhuktvā bahuvidhānvaikuṃṭha nagare śubhe

Translation

Như vậy, sự giải thoát của ngươi sẽ đến nhờ được chiêm bái Kaiṭabhāra. Sau khi thọ hưởng muôn vẻ an lạc trong thành Vaikuṇṭha cát tường, phúc lành về sau sẽ dần hiển lộ.

Word by Word

• इत्थम्: thus, in this manner
• इत्थम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• भवित्री: will be (destined to be)
• भवित्री: Karta/Predicative (Subject-complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; भविष्यत्कालवाचक (future-oriented: “will be”)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• कैटभ-अराति-दर्शनात्: from seeing the foe of Kaiṭabha (Viṣṇu)
• कैटभ-अराति-दर्शनात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैटभ (प्रातिपदिक) + अराति (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (दर्शन-नपुंसक); पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कैटभस्य अरातिः = कैटभारातिः; तस्य दर्शनम्)

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); “having enjoyed”

• बहुविधान्: of many kinds
• बहुविधान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to Karma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying भोगान्); समासः—कर्मधारयः (बहवः विधाः = बहुविधाः)

• वैकुण्ठे: in Vaikuṇṭha
• वैकुण्ठे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• नगरे: in the city
• नगरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying नगरे)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Skanda’s Kāśī Māhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaiṭabhāra-darśana (Hari-darśana) within Kāśī narrative horizon

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Lopāmudrā (explicit in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine attendant proclaims to a brāhmaṇa that liberation will arise through the vision of Kaiṭabhāra; in the background, a luminous Vaikuṇṭha-city with celestial architecture suggests promised bliss before final release.

Characters & Entities

• Kaiṭabhāra
• Vaikuṇṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma often frames liberation as arising from darśana: sacred vision is itself a transformative act that bears otherworldly merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locus of Kaiṭabhāra-darśana within the Kāśī narrative setting (a sanctified darśana-point).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (reverential viewing) of Kaiṭabhāra.