Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

सा शक्तिः प्रकृतिः प्रोक्ता स पुमानीश्वरः परः । ताभ्यां च रममाणाभ्यां तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे घटोद्भव

Transliteration

sā śaktiḥ prakṛtiḥ proktā sa pumānīśvaraḥ paraḥ | tābhyāṃ ca ramamāṇābhyāṃ tasminkṣetre ghaṭodbhava

Translation

تلك القوّة تُدعى براكريتي (Prakṛti)، وذلك المبدأ الذكري هو الربّ الأعلى. وبينما هما يلتذّان معًا في ذلك الحقل المقدّس، يا مولودَ الجرّة (أغاستيا)…

Word by Word

• sā: she/that (f.)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• śaktiḥ: power (Śakti)
• śaktiḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• prakṛtiḥ: Prakṛti
• prakṛtiḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• proktā: is declared/called
• proktā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘is said/called’

• saḥ: he/that (m.)
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• pumān: the male/person (Puruṣa)
• pumān: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• īśvaraḥ: Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• paraḥ: supreme
• paraḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tābhyām: by those two
• tābhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री/पुं (द्वयोर्), तृतीया (3rd/करण), द्विवचन (dual)

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

• ramamāṇābhyām: by the two sporting together
• ramamāṇābhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ram (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच् (present participle, आत्मनेपद), तृतीया (3rd/करण), द्विवचन; ‘by the two who are sporting/enjoying’

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• kṣetre: in the field/realm
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ghaṭodbhava: O Pot-born one
• ghaṭodbhava: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghaṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: घटात् उद्भवः (born from a pot; epithet)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Puruṣa/Īśvara) and Devī (Prakṛti/Śakti) seated or standing together in Kāśī, exchanging glances of serene delight; Agastya stands respectfully, receiving instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti
• Prakṛti
• Īśvara
• Agastya
• Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation-centered sacred geography rests on the union of Īśvara (conscious Lord) and Śakti (Prakṛti), the twin principles of manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta-kṣetra within Kāśī, described as the intimate realm of Śiva-Śakti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it frames the kṣetra as a divine līlā-sthāna, supporting pilgrimage faith.