Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां मंगलानां च महामंगलमुत्तमम् । गृहेपि लिखितं पूज्यं सर्वमंगलसिद्धये

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ maṃgalānāṃ ca mahāmaṃgalamuttamam | gṛhepi likhitaṃ pūjyaṃ sarvamaṃgalasiddhaye

Translation

من بينِ جميعِ وجوهِ اليُمن، هذا هو «اليُمنُ الأعظمُ» الأسمى. وحتى إن كُتِبَ في البيت، ينبغي أن يُعبَد ويُوقَّر لتمامِ كلِّ خيرٍ مبارك.

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• maṃgalānām: of auspicious things
• maṃgalānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• mahā-maṃgalam: the great auspicious (thing)
• mahā-maṃgalam: Karta/Predicate nominal (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘महच्च तत् मङ्गलम्’)

• uttamam: supreme, best
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: ‘also/even’)

• likhitam: written
• likhitam: Karta/Predicate nominal (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: likh (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• pūjyam: worthy of worship
• pūjyam: Karta/Predicate nominal (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + ya (तव्यत्/यत्-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थक-योग्यतावाचक कृदन्त (‘पूजनीयम्’)

• sarva-maṃgala-siddhaye: for the attainment of all auspiciousness
• sarva-maṃgala-siddhaye: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃgala (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (‘सर्वमङ्गलस्य सिद्धिः’ तस्यै) प्रयोजनार्थे

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-māhātmya (as maṅgala object)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household shrine where a manuscript/book of the Kāśī-māhātmya is placed on a pedestal, garlanded and worshipped with lamp and flowers; family members offer añjali.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred teaching is not only to be heard; preserving it (by writing) and honouring it at home is itself a dharmic act that generates auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s praise-context; the broader glorification is of Kāśī’s dharma and its sacred teachings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Likhana (writing/copying the text) and pūjā (worship/honouring it) in one’s home for sarva-maṅgala-siddhi.