Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

नानापतत्रिसंघुष्टं नानामुनिजनोषितम् । तपःसंकेतनिलयमिवैकं संपदां पदम्

Transliteration

nānāpatatrisaṃghuṣṭaṃ nānāmunijanoṣitam | tapaḥsaṃketanilayamivaikaṃ saṃpadāṃ padam

Translation

সেই স্থান নানা প্রকার পাখির কলরবে মুখরিত এবং নানাবিধ মুনিগণের নিবাসে পরিপূর্ণ ছিল। তা যেন তপস্যার জন্য নির্ধারিত একমাত্র ধাম, আর সকল সমৃদ্ধির একটিমাত্র আসন বলে প্রতীয়মান হল।

Word by Word

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• नाना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverbial/qualificative indeclinable)

• पतत्रि: birds
• पतत्रि: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-बहुवचन (Locative plural) (समासाङ्ग)

• संघुष्टम्: resounded (with)
• संघुष्टम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + घुष् (धातु) → संघुष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• नाना: various
• नाना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• मुनि: of sages
• मुनि: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural) (समासाङ्ग)

• जन: people
• जन: Viśeṣya (Head-noun in compound/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• उषितम्: inhabited (by)
• उषितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस् (धातु) → उषित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• तपः: of austerity
• तपः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive singular) (समासाङ्ग)

• संकेत: of the sign/mark (i.e., indication)
• संकेत: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive singular) (समासाङ्ग)

• निलयम्: abode of the sign of austerity
• निलयम्: Karma/Viśeṣya (Object/head-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तपः-संकेत-निलयः = तपसः संकेतस्य निलयः)

• इव: like, as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparative marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (particle of comparison)

• एकम्: one, single
• एकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन

• संपदाम्: of prosperities/wealths
• संपदाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• पदम्: place, abode, station
• पदम्: Karma/Viśeṣya (Object/head-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra ambience implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene sacred grove in Kāśī: many birds calling from layered trees; clusters of sages in simple bark garments; hermitages and fire-altars; an atmosphere of austerity that paradoxically radiates abundance.

Characters & Entities

• Skandavana
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Where sages reside and tapas is established, the land itself becomes a concentrated field of auspicious power and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Skandavana, portrayed as an ashram-like sacred domain of austerity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the verse highlights tapas and saintly residence as the sanctifying principle.