Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अन्यान्यपि च भक्ष्याणि सर्वेषां सुलभान्यहो । पानान्यपि विचित्राणि संति भूयांसि सर्वतः

Transliteration

anyānyapi ca bhakṣyāṇi sarveṣāṃ sulabhānyaho | pānānyapi vicitrāṇi saṃti bhūyāṃsi sarvataḥ

Translation

وكذلك توجد أطعمةٌ شتّى، ميسورةٌ لكل أحد حقًّا؛ ومن كل جانبٍ تكثر أيضًا الأشربة المتنوّعة.

Word by Word

• अन्यानि: other (things)
• अन्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative plural; adjective)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/समुच्चयार्थक (particle; also/too)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction; and)

• भक्ष्याणि: edibles, foods
• भक्ष्याणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative plural)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive plural; of all)

• सुलभानि: easily obtainable
• सुलभानि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-लभ (प्रातिपदिक; सु + लभ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative plural; adjective)

• अहो: ah! indeed
• अहो: Discourse/Exclamation (उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयादिबोधक अव्यय (exclamation; ah!/alas!/indeed)

• पानानि: drinks
• पानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; also)

• विचित्राणि: various, diverse
• विचित्राणि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative plural; adjective)

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (present indicative, 3rd person plural, parasmaipada)

• भूयांसि: more, many
• भूयांसि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक/अधिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative plural; comparative: more, many)

• सर्वतः: everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb; everywhere/from all sides)

Speaker

Preta (a departed spirit), speaking to a sage (mune) within Skanda’s narration to Agastya (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (sage) addressed in the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bustling Kāśī streetscape near ghāṭs: stalls of foods and jars of drinks, pilgrims and ascetics moving through, with distant temple spires and the Gaṅgā hinted behind.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (implied by Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly enjoyments are plentiful and easily accessible, yet they can become distractions unless guided by dharma and higher remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as presented in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself names no specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse describes availability of food and drink rather than prescribing a rite.