Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । निशामय महाभाग त्वं मैत्रावरुणे मुने । पाराशर्यो मुनिवरो यथा मोहमुपैष्यति

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | niśāmaya mahābhāga tvaṃ maitrāvaruṇe mune | pārāśaryo munivaro yathā mohamupaiṣyati

Translation

Skanda nói: Hãy lắng nghe chăm chú, hỡi bậc hiền thánh cao quý Maitrāvaruṇa (Agastya). Hãy nghe xem vị đại thánh Pārāśarya (Vyāsa) sẽ rơi vào mê vọng như thế nào.

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• निशामय: pay attention/listen
• निशामय: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-शम् (धातु, णिजन्त)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; causative sense ‘make (your mind) attend’

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मैत्रावरुणे: O Maitrāvaruṇa (son of Mitra and Varuṇa)
• मैत्रावरुणे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैत्रावरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; patronymic/epithet of Agastya

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

• पाराशर्यः: Pārāśarya (Vyāsa)
• पाराशर्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाराशर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; patronymic ‘son of Parāśara’ (Vyāsa)

• मुनिवरः: the best of sages
• मुनिवरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां वरः)

• यथा: how/as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (how/as)

• मोहम्: delusion
• मोहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उपैष्यति: will approach/enter into
• उपैष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (Maitrāvaruṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda speaks gravely to Agastya; in a secondary vignette, Vyāsa appears momentarily clouded by a dark veil (moha) while a Śiva-liṅga’s light dispels it—symbolizing delusion and its remedy.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya (Maitrāvaruṇa)
• Vyāsa (Pārāśarya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even great sages may face moha; Purāṇic narration teaches discernment and the corrective power of sacred instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse is narrative setup; the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context continues to foreground Kāśī’s sacred power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces an upcoming episode involving Vyāsa.