Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

अद्यैव ते महासौख्यं भावितस्याविलोकनात् । बांधवानां सुखं तेद्य भविता सह पूर्वजैः

Transliteration

adyaiva te mahāsaukhyaṃ bhāvitasyāvilokanāt | bāṃdhavānāṃ sukhaṃ tedya bhavitā saha pūrvajaiḥ

Translation

«اليوم بعينه تنال سرورًا عظيمًا برؤية ما قُدِّر؛ واليوم أيضًا، مع أسلافك، يتحقّق فرحُ ذوي قرباك.»

Word by Word

• adya-eva: today itself
• adya-eva: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय) + eva (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय + अवधारण-निपात; ‘अद्यैव’ = today itself

• te: for you/to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; प्रसङ्गतः दत्तिवाचक—‘to you/for you’

• mahā-saukhyaṃ: great happiness
• mahā-saukhyaṃ: Karma/Phala (Object/result; context-dependent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (उपसर्ग/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + saukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘महच्च तत् सौख्यम्’

• bhāvitasyāvilokanāt: because of not seeing what was destined/foretold
• bhāvitasyāvilokanāt: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāvita (कृदन्त; √bhū/√bhāv) + avilokana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘भावितस्य अविलोकनम्’ (not seeing the destined/foretold) + -āt (abl.)

• bāndhavānām: of (your) kinsmen
• bāndhavānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karma/Phala (Object/result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• te: for you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; ‘for you’

• adya: today
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• bhavitā: will be
• bhavitā: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; रूपम्: भविता (भविष्यति इत्यर्थे)

• saha: with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्ययम् (preposition/adverb: with)

• pūrvajaiḥ: with the elders/ancestors
• pūrvajaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

A female messenger (dūtī) addressing the demon-king (daityapati)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker delivers a prophetic assurance to a powerful antagonist; the words carry double meaning—apparent promise masking impending downfall.

Characters & Entities

• Daityapati (demon-king)
• Dūtī (female messenger)
• Pūrvaja (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Promises of immediate pleasure and ‘destiny’ can be used to justify adharma; Purāṇas caution against such rationalizations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī), but this verse does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is persuasive speech within a story.