Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

गोविंद परमानंदं मुकुंदं मधुसूदनम । त्यक्त्वान्यं नैव जानामि न भजामि स्मरामि न

Transliteration

goviṃda paramānaṃdaṃ mukuṃdaṃ madhusūdanama | tyaktvānyaṃ naiva jānāmi na bhajāmi smarāmi na

Translation

戈文达——至上安乐；穆昆达；摩杜苏达那：舍离一切他者，我不识别他神，不礼敬他神，不忆念他神。

Word by Word

• गोविन्द: O Govinda
• गोविन्द: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• परमानन्दम्: (you who are) supreme bliss
• परमानन्दम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास “supreme bliss (one who is supreme bliss)”

• मुकुन्दम्: Mukunda
• मुकुन्दम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुकुन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मधुसूदनम्: Madhusūdana
• मधुसूदनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी) “slayer of Madhu”

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya (Non-finite; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) “having abandoned”

• अन्यम्: another (deity/one)
• अन्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• जानामि: I know
• जानामि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• भजामि: I worship/serve
• भजामि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्मरामि: I remember
• स्मरामि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience framed through the sages’ listening

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī stands on a ghat with hands raised, chanting the three names; behind, a radiant dark-hued Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa form appears in the sky, bestowing bliss; other worldly attractions fade into mist.

Characters & Entities

• Govinda
• Mukunda
• Madhusūdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-minded devotion (ananya-bhakti) to Viṣṇu is upheld as the heart of spiritual life and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is devotional rather than topographical; it appears within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A vow-like stance of exclusive worship and remembrance of Hari alone.