Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

ययौ भिक्षाटनं कर्तुं सशिष्यः परितः पुरीम् । सर्वत्र स परिभ्रांतः प्रतिसौधं मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

yayau bhikṣāṭanaṃ kartuṃ saśiṣyaḥ paritaḥ purīm | sarvatra sa paribhrāṃtaḥ pratisaudhaṃ muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

Vyāsa cùng các đệ tử ra đi khất thực quanh thành. Ngài lang thang khắp nơi, hết lần này đến lần khác, ghé từng dinh thự và từng mái nhà.

Word by Word

• ययौ: he went
• ययौ: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भिक्षाटनम्: begging; alms-round
• भिक्षाटनम्: कर्म (Object/purpose-object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षा + अटन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (भिक्षायाः अटनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do; to perform
• कर्तुम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to do’

• सशिष्यः: with disciples
• सशिष्यः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (शिष्यैः सह यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परितः: around; all around
• परितः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परितः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/preposition)

• पुरीम्: the city
• पुरीम्: कर्म (Goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स: he
• स: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परिभ्रान्तः: wandering about
• परिभ्रान्तः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having wandered’

• प्रतिसौधम्: from mansion to mansion
• प्रतिसौधम्: अधिकरण (Locative circumstance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + सौध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverbial), ‘palace by palace/each mansion’

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः

Speaker

Narrator voice within Skanda’s discourse (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa with disciples walks repeatedly through Kāśī’s grand houses and courtyards, knocking or standing at thresholds; the repetition is emphasized—same lanes, different doors—showing endurance and the city’s scale.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Disciples
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Perseverance in simple discipline—without resentment—purifies the seeker; the path is sustained by repeated effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, mapped as a sacred lived-space where daily spiritual striving unfolds street by street and house by house.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhikṣāṭana (alms-round) as a regulated ascetic practice, performed with disciples as part of a disciplined life.