Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

नादेशः परमं ब्रह्म नादेशः परमा गतिः । नादेशः परमं स्थानं दुःखसंसारमोचनम्

Transliteration

nādeśaḥ paramaṃ brahma nādeśaḥ paramā gatiḥ | nādeśaḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ duḥkhasaṃsāramocanam

Translation

那提沙（Nādeśa）即至上梵；那提沙即最高归趣。那提沙即无上住处，能解脱轮回（saṃsāra）之苦。

Word by Word

• नादेशः: Nādeśa
• नादेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नादेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with ब्रह्म)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Pratijna/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• नादेशः: Nādeśa
• नादेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नादेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• परमा: supreme
• परमा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with गतिः)

• गतिः: goal/way
• गतिः: Pratijna/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• नादेशः: Nādeśa
• नादेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नादेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with स्थानम्)

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Pratijna/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दुःखसंसारमोचनम्: liberation from the painful cycle of rebirth
• दुःखसंसारमोचनम्: Pratijna/Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + मोचन (प्रातिपदिक; √मुच् (धातु) ‘मोचने’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘दुःखसंसारस्य मोचनम्’

Speaker

Śiva (deduced, continuity with prior first-person identification of Nādeśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nādeśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor(s)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant liṅga labeled Nādeśa stands as a cosmic axis; behind it, an abstract vision of Brahman—light, Oṃ, and boundless space—while devotees bow in silent peace.

Characters & Entities

• Nādeśa
• Brahman
• Saṃsāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The deity of the sthala (Nādeśa/Śiva) is proclaimed as the very Absolute and the direct means to liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nādeśa presence/shrine associated with Matsyodarī in Kāśī (as established in the surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is named; the verse emphasizes salvific darśana/bhakti toward Nādeśa as mokṣa-giving.