Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्काशितीर्थस्य महिम्नो महतस्तुलाम् । नाधिरोहेन्मुने नूनमपि त्रैलोक्यमंडपः

Transliteration

kasyacitkāśitīrthasya mahimno mahatastulām | nādhirohenmune nūnamapi trailokyamaṃḍapaḥ

Translation

Hỡi hiền giả, chắc chắn rằng ngay cả toàn bộ tam giới cũng không thể sánh được với sự vĩ đại to lớn của dù chỉ một thánh địa tại Kāśī.

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite: “of some”)

• काशितीर्थस्य: of a Kāśī sacred place
• काशितीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशितीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; काशी + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• महिम्नः: of the greatness
• महिम्नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• महतः: of the great
• महतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘महिम्नः’)

• तुलाम्: a comparison, measure (scale)
• तुलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अधिरोहेत्: could ascend/reach
• अधिरोहेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-√रुह् (धातु; रुहँ—आरोहणे)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: “surely”)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: “even/also”)

• त्रैलोक्यमण्डपः: the pavilion/assembly of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यमण्डपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य-मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + लोक + मण्डप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-tīrtha (any single tīrtha within Kāśī)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic balance-scale imagery: on one side a single Kāśī-tīrtha (a small ghāṭa with liṅga and Gaṅgā water), on the other side the three worlds depicted as a grand pavilion—yet the Kāśī side outweighs it, watched by a sage.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• tīrtha (general)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even one Kāśī tīrtha is portrayed as immeasurably potent—devotion to sacred place is a direct path to merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s tīrthas collectively; the verse says even a single Kāśī tīrtha is incomparable.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse functions as a sweeping praise of pilgrimage value.