Shloka 79 - Adhyaya 47 - Uttara Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Vietnamese | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

ओंकार एष एवासावादिवर्णमयात्मकः । मत्स्योदर्युत्तरे कूले नादेशस्त्वहमेव च

Transliteration

oṃkāra eṣa evāsāvādivarṇamayātmakaḥ | matsyodaryuttare kūle nādeśastvahameva ca

Translation

Chính đấng này là Oṃkāra, bản thể kết thành từ âm tiết nguyên sơ. Trên bờ bắc sông Matsyodarī, chính Ta là Nādeśa.

Word by Word

ओंकारःOṃkāra (the syllable Oṃ)

एषःthis

एवalone/indeed

असौthat (yonder)

आदिवर्णमयात्मकःwhose nature consists of the primordial letters

मत्स्योदरीat Matsyodarī

उत्तरेon the northern

कूलेbank/shore

नादेशःNādeśa (a sacred name/place)

तुbut/indeed

अहम्I

एवalone/indeed

चand

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from first-person ‘aham’ and deity-identification)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nādeśa (on Matsyodarī north bank)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor(s)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a quiet riverbank, a liṅga named Nādeśa stands with an aura shaped like the Oṃ glyph; sages chant softly as the Matsyodarī flows by.

Characters & Entities

Oṃkāra

Matsyodarī

Nādeśa (Śiva)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is identified with Oṃ and primordial sound (nāda), and Kāśī’s geography is mapped as a living embodiment of that sacred vibration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nādeśa on the northern bank of Matsyodarī in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse establishes a mantra–sthāna identity (Oṃkāra and Nādeśa) supporting japa/darśana practice.