Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

अविप्लुत ब्रह्मचर्यो विश्वेशानुग्रहाद्भवेत् । अनुग्रहश्च वैश्वेशः काशीप्राप्तिकरः परः

Transliteration

avipluta brahmacaryo viśveśānugrahādbhavet | anugrahaśca vaiśveśaḥ kāśīprāptikaraḥ paraḥ

Translation

不坏之梵行，因毗湿维湿（Viśveśa，宇宙之主）之加被而成；而毗湿维湿（Vaiśveśa）至上的恩典，正是令众生得至迦尸（Kāśī）的最高因缘。

Word by Word

• aviplutaḥ: unswerving, unfallen
• aviplutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vipluta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक विशेषण (unfallen/unswerving)

• brahmacaryaḥ: brahmacarya (celibate discipline)
• brahmacaryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmacarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• viśveśa-anugrahāt: from the grace of Viśveśa
• viśveśa-anugrahāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśveśa (प्रातिपदिक) + anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (Viśveśa’s grace)

• bhavet: may become
• bhavet: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• anugrahaḥ: grace, favor
• anugrahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• vaiśveśaḥ: of Viśveśa
• vaiśveśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaiśveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (pertaining to Viśveśa)

• kāśī-prāpti-karaḥ: causing attainment of Kāśī
• kāśī-prāpti-karaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक) + prāpti (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (kāśī-prāptiṃ karoti iti)

• paraḥ: supreme
• paraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśī Khaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim with matted hair and simple cloth stands before Viśveśa in Kāśī; Śiva’s compassionate gaze bestows a luminous aura symbolizing brahmacarya and eligibility for Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Viśveśa
• Vaiśveśa
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual discipline becomes steady through Śiva’s grace, and that grace leads one to the liberating field of Kāśī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), approached through the grace of Viśveśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes brahmacarya sustained by divine anugraha.