Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तव पित्रा हिमवता गिरिराजेन भामिनि । त्वामुद्दिश्य महारत्नसंभारोत्राप्यनायि हि

Transliteration

tava pitrā himavatā girirājena bhāmini | tvāmuddiśya mahāratnasaṃbhārotrāpyanāyi hi

Translation

হে ভামিনী! তোমার পিতা হিমবৎ, গিরিরাজ, তোমাকে উদ্দেশ্য করে এখানেও মহারত্নসম্ভার আনিয়েছিলেন।

Word by Word

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pitrā: by (your) father
• pitrā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• himavatā: by Himavān
• himavatā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण पितुः

• girirājena: by the king of mountains
• girirājena: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (गिरीणां राजा)

• bhāmini: O radiant lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• uddiśya: intending (you)/for your sake
• uddiśya: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ud-√diś (धा; ‘to point out/aim at’)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having intended/aimed at’

• mahā-ratna-saṃbhāraḥ: a great collection of jewels
• mahā-ratna-saṃbhāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (महान् रत्नानां सम्भारः)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/अव्ययार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (also/even)

• anāyi: was brought
• anāyi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (धा; ‘to lead/bring’) with ā-
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (aorist), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; रूपम्: आनायि/अनायि (पाठभेद)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये अव्यय (indeed/for)

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himavat, regal as the king of mountains, brings a vast treasury of jewels to Kāśī for his daughter; the jewels gleam before Śiva and Pārvatī as part of the shrine’s origin tale.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Himavat (Himālaya)
• Ratna (jewels)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even worldly gifts (jewels) become sanctified when connected to divine purpose, forming the background for a tīrtha’s sacred origin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaileśvara in Kāśī, whose jewel-based sanctity is linked to Himavat’s offering.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse provides the etiological (origin) context for the jewel manifestation.