Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

भद्रया भद्रकाल्या च भार्यया शुभया युतम् । वीरभद्रं नरोभ्यर्च्य काशीवासफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

bhadrayā bhadrakālyā ca bhāryayā śubhayā yutam | vīrabhadraṃ narobhyarcya kāśīvāsaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

若礼拜与吉祥眷属婆陀罗（Bhadrā）与婆陀罗迦梨（Bhadrakālī）同在的毗罗跋陀罗（Vīrabhadra），便得居住迦尸（Kāśī）之功德果报。

Word by Word

• भद्रया: with Bhadrā
• भद्रया: Sahakarana (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भद्रकाल्या: with Bhadrakālī
• भद्रकाल्या: Sahakarana (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रकाली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• भार्यया: with (his) wife
• भार्यया: Sahakarana (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभया: auspicious/good
• शुभया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying भार्यया)

• युतम्: joined/attended by
• युतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यु (धातु) → युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वीरभद्रम्)

• वीरभद्रम्: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), परस्मैपद-धातु; पूर्वक्रिया

• काशीवासफलम्: the fruit of residing in Kāśī
• काशीवासफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक) + वास (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (काश्यां वासस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vīrabhadra with Bhadrā and Bhadrakālī (Kāśī/Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra is worshipped in Kāśī, flanked by Bhadrā and Bhadrakālī as auspicious śaktis; the scene conveys that a single act of worship grants the fruit of living in Kāśī—shown as a radiant cityscape blessing the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Bhadrā
• Bhadrakālī
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship can grant the same spiritual merit as physically residing in the supreme tīrtha of Kāśī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), through the stated “Kāśī-vāsa-phala” (fruit of dwelling in Kāśī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhyarcana (reverential worship) of Vīrabhadra together with Bhadrā and Bhadrakālī.