Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

यथा नदी यथा भृंगी सोमनंदी यथा तथा । त्वं भविष्यसि भक्तो मे जरामरणवर्जितः

Transliteration

yathā nadī yathā bhṛṃgī somanaṃdī yathā tathā | tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi bhakto me jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ

Translation

“Như Nadī, như Bhṛṅgī, và như Somanandī—ngươi cũng sẽ như vậy: làm kẻ sùng kính của Ta, lìa khỏi già nua và tử vong.”

Word by Word

• yathā: as, like
• yathā: Sambandha (Discourse/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (comparative adverb: 'as/like')

• nadī: a river (Nadī)
• nadī: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Discourse/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानार्थक-अव्यय

• bhṛṅgī: Bhṛṅgī (name)
• bhṛṅgī: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛṅgī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• somanandī: Somanandī (name)
• somanandī: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma + nandī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सोमस्य नन्दी/नन्दिनी)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Discourse/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानार्थक-अव्यय

• tathā: so, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Correlation/तदनुरूप)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: तदनुरूपार्थक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: 'so/thus')

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyasi: you will become
• bhaviṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• bhaktaḥ: a devotee
• bhaktaḥ: Predicative complement (सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक; √bhaj + kta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि 'devotee'

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक

• jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ: free from old age and death
• jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā + maraṇa + varjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (जरां च मरणं च वर्जितः) विशेषणम् (भक्तः/त्वम्)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jaigīṣavya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva points to archetypal devotees—Bhṛṅgī and other attendants—while blessing Jaigīṣavya with a radiant aura signifying freedom from aging and death.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Jaigīṣavya
• Bhṛṅgī
• Nadī
• Somanandī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast devotion to Śiva is portrayed as transcending mortality, aligning the devotee with exemplary bhaktas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where Kāśī’s spiritual atmosphere is linked with Śiva-bhakti and liberation-like attainments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the emphasis is on bhakti as the decisive discipline.