Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

यथा पुनर्नवीकृत्य पुरीं वाराणसीमहम् । इतः प्रयामि योगिन्यस्तथा क्षिप्रं विधीयताम्

Transliteration

yathā punarnavīkṛtya purīṃ vārāṇasīmaham | itaḥ prayāmi yoginyastathā kṣipraṃ vidhīyatām

Translation

Hỡi các Yoginī, hãy mau sắp đặt để sau khi ta làm mới lại thành Vārāṇasī, ta có thể rời khỏi nơi này.

Word by Word

• यथा: so that, in such a way that
• यथा: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उद्देश्यवाचक (so that / in such a way that)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)

• नवीकृत्य: having renewed
• नवीकृत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नवी+कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); causative sense (having renewed/made new)

• पुरीम्: the city
• पुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• वाराणसीम्: Vārāṇasī
• वाराणसीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (पुरीम्)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक/दिशावाचक (from here)

• प्रयामि: I depart, I go forth
• प्रयामि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• योगिन्यः: O Yoginīs
• योगिन्यः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे अपि (addressing sense)

• तथा: thus, accordingly
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनुरूप/एवम् (thus)

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (quickly)

• विधीयताम्: let it be done/arranged
• विधीयताम्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva expresses intent: once Vārāṇasī is renewed, he will depart; Yoginīs are urged to accomplish the task quickly—an image of cosmic administration over a sacred metropolis.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Yoginīs
• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is not merely a city but a divinely maintained sacred order—restored and protected by Śiva’s will.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vārāṇasī/Kāśī, explicitly described in terms of renewal and divine stewardship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse speaks of ‘restoration’ as a divine act, not a human rite.