Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

गुटिकासिद्धिदा काचित्काचिदंजनसिद्धिदा । धातुवादविदग्धान्या पादुकासिद्धिदा परा

Transliteration

guṭikāsiddhidā kācitkācidaṃjanasiddhidā | dhātuvādavidagdhānyā pādukāsiddhidā parā

Translation

এক জন গুটিকা‑সিদ্ধি দিত, আর এক জন অঞ্জন‑সিদ্ধি প্রদান করত। অন্য এক জন ধাতুবাদে দক্ষ ছিল, আর আরেক জন পাদুকা‑সিদ্ধি দিত।

Word by Word

• गुटिका-सिद्धिदा: giver of the guṭikā-siddhi (pill power)
• गुटिका-सिद्धिदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुटिका (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + दा (प्रातिपदिक; दा ‘giver’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘गुटिकासिद्धिं ददाति’ = giver of pill-siddhi

• काचित्: some (woman)
• काचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; किम्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• काचित्: some (other woman)
• काचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; किम्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अञ्जन-सिद्धिदा: giver of anjana-siddhi (collyrium power)
• अञ्जन-सिद्धिदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘अञ्जनसिद्धिं ददाति’

• धातुवाद-विदग्धा: skilled in alchemy
• धातुवाद-विदग्धा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धातुवाद (प्रातिपदिक) + विदग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘धातुवादे विदग्धा’ = skilled in alchemical discourse/practice

• अन्या: another (woman)
• अन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘another (woman)’

• पादुका-सिद्धिदा: giver of pādukā-siddhi (magic sandals power)
• पादुका-सिद्धिदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पादुका (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘पादुकासिद्धिं ददाति’

• परा: another (woman)
• परा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘another’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame, not explicit in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence of vignettes: a woman offering a consecrated guṭikā pill; another applying mystical añjana to the eyes; an alchemist demonstrating dhātu-vāda with metals; another presenting enchanted pādukās.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Extraordinary powers are acknowledged as present in the sacred city’s narrative world, yet the larger Kāśī-māhātmya typically subordinates such siddhis to liberation-oriented dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra generally; no specific tīrtha is named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse lists siddhis without teaching a method.