Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यत्रैव हि तपस्यंति यत्रैव विहिताश्रमाः । लब्धप्रतिष्ठा यत्रैव तत्रैवामर्षिणो द्विजाः

Transliteration

yatraiva hi tapasyaṃti yatraiva vihitāśramāḥ | labdhapratiṣṭhā yatraiva tatraivāmarṣiṇo dvijāḥ

Translation

Hễ nơi nào họ tu khổ hạnh, nơi nào am thất được lập, và nơi nào họ được danh vọng—ngay tại đó, các vị brāhmaṇa (dvija) ấy trở nên dễ phật ý, mau sinh bất bình.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb ‘where’)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; causal/emphatic)

• तपस्यन्ति: they practice austerity
• तपस्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तपस् (धातु √तप्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• विहिताश्रमाः: those whose āśramas (stages/abodes) are duly established
• विहिताश्रमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहित (कृदन्त; √धा/√हि? here √धा ‘to place/ordain’ with vi-) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘विहित’ = ‘ordained/established’ (past passive participle) qualifying ‘आश्रम’

• लब्धप्रतिष्ठाः: having obtained firm standing
• लब्धप्रतिष्ठाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्ध (कृदन्त; √लभ्) + प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘लब्ध’ = ‘obtained’

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (correlative adverb ‘there’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• अमर्षिणः: unresentful/unangered
• अमर्षिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• द्विजाः: brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (narrating a general observation within the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Multiple hermitages in a sacred landscape; ascetics gaining renown, with subtle tension shown by a brāhmaṇa’s quick offense—an inner drama rather than overt action.

Characters & Entities

• Dvāja (Dvija/Brāhmaṇa ascetics)
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual practice and social recognition can still coexist with irritability; dharma requires mastering anger alongside tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a specific tirtha; it is a moral reflection embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it comments on ascetic life (āśrama) and temperament rather than prescribing a rite.