Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

त्रीनेवामून्समाराध्य त्रींल्लोकान्स जयेत्सुधीः । देववद्दिवि दीव्येत तेषां तोषं विवर्धयन्

Transliteration

trīnevāmūnsamārādhya trīṃllokānsa jayetsudhīḥ | devavaddivi dīvyeta teṣāṃ toṣaṃ vivardhayan

Translation

بعبادة هؤلاء الثلاثة وخدمتهم وحدهم خدمةَ توقير، يغلب الحكيم العوالمَ الثلاثة. وبزيادة رضاهم يمرح في السماء كإله.

Word by Word

• त्रीन्: three
• त्रीन्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), संख्या-विशेषण

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अमून्: those (three)
• अमून्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (demonstrative: 'those')

• समाराध्य: having duly worshipped/served
• समाराध्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• त्रीन्: three
• त्रीन्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), संख्या-विशेषण

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• जयेत्: should conquer, should win
• जयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुधीः: the wise man
• सुधीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• देववत्: like a god
• देववत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देववत् (अव्यय/तद्धितान्त)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable of comparison: 'like a god')

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दीव्येत: should sport/enjoy
• दीव्येत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तोषम्: satisfaction, pleasure
• तोषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• विवर्धयन्: increasing, causing to grow
• विवर्धयन्: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√वृध् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), परस्मैपदी, पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-seekers addressed through the frame audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee serves mother, father, and guru; above them appear three luminous realms (bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ) as layered mandalas, indicating ‘trailokya-jaya’; the elders bestow blessings like rays.

Characters & Entities

• three worlds (trailokya)
• mother
• father
• guru
• heaven (divi)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wholehearted service to mother, father, and guru is depicted as yielding supreme victory and merit—equal to conquering the three worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī), where ethical dharma is celebrated as part of sacred living in Varanasi.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samārādhana—devoted pleasing/service to the three elders—is the recommended practice.