Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अहो मे धर्मसंपत्तिरहोमे भाग्यगौरवम् । यदद्राक्षिषमद्याहं काशीं सुचिर चिंतिताम्

Transliteration

aho me dharmasaṃpattirahome bhāgyagauravam | yadadrākṣiṣamadyāhaṃ kāśīṃ sucira ciṃtitām

Translation

আহা, আমার ধর্মসম্পদ কত মহান; আহা, আমার ভাগ্যের কত গৌরব—যে আজ আমি বহুদিন ধ্যানকৃত কাশীর দর্শন পেলাম।

Word by Word

• अहो: ah!/oh!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयाद्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (interjection)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (my)

• धर्मसंपत्तिः: wealth of dharma/merit
• धर्मसंपत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + संपत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मस्य संपत्तिः)

• अहो: ah!/oh!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयाद्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (interjection)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (my)

• भाग्यगौरवम्: greatness of fortune
• भाग्यगौरवम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग्य + गौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भाग्यस्य गौरवम्)

• यत्: since/that
• यत्: Sambandha (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धसूचक-अव्ययवत् (yad = ‘since/because/that’)

• अद्राक्षिषम्: I saw
• अद्राक्षिषम्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकारः (Aorist), उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• काशीम्: Kāśī
• काशीम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सुचिरम्: for long
• सुचिरम्: Kāla (Duration/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative: ‘for a long time’)

• चिन्तिताम्: thought of/long contemplated
• चिन्तिताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √चिन्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (agreeing with काशीम्)

Speaker

Brahmā (Vedhā) (contextual continuation of the rejoicing praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee gazes upon Kāśī’s ghāṭas and temples with a softened, fulfilled expression; behind them, faint imagery of past longing—prayer beads, travel hardships—dissolves into the present vision of the city bathed in golden light.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeing Kāśī is itself treated as a culmination of dharma and a sign of extraordinary spiritual fortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), praised specifically through the theme of Kāśī-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated; the verse emphasizes the merit of darśana (sacred sight).