Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तत्र वामनतीर्थं च प्राच्यां वामनकेशवात् । पूजयित्वा च तं विष्णुं वसेद्वामनसन्निधौ

Transliteration

tatra vāmanatīrthaṃ ca prācyāṃ vāmanakeśavāt | pūjayitvā ca taṃ viṣṇuṃ vasedvāmanasannidhau

Translation

彼处亦有侏儒化身圣渡处（Vāmana-tīrtha），在伐摩那—凯沙瓦之东。礼敬彼毗湿奴后，当以虔心安住于伐摩那的临在之中。

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• वामनतीर्थम्: the Vāmana sacred ford
• वामनतीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; वामन + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक निपात) — conjunction

• प्राच्याम्: in the east
• प्राच्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — Feminine, Locative singular

• वामनकेशवात्: from (the shrine of) Vāmana-Keśava
• वामनकेशवात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन-केशव (प्रातिपदिक; वामन + केशव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative singular

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — having worshipped

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक निपात) — conjunction

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular (pronoun)

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person singular

• वामनसन्निधौ: near Vāmana (in Vāmana’s presence)
• वामनसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन-सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक; वामन + सन्निधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāmana-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim approaches a small sacred water-spot (tīrtha) east of a shrine of Vāmana-Keśava; after offering flowers and lamp to Viṣṇu, the pilgrim sits in quiet vigil nearby, suggesting ‘dwelling in presence’.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana-tīrtha
• Vāmana-Keśava
• Viṣṇu
• pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by worship and sustained devotional abiding near the deity, not merely by visiting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vāmana-tīrtha, situated east of Vāmana-Keśava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of Viṣṇu and devotional residence/abiding near Vāmana (vāmanasannidhau).