Shloka 5 - Adhyaya 38 - Uttara Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Bengali | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तदौत्सुक्येन स मुनिः प्रेर्यमाण उवाच ह । नारद उवाच । देवदेव तव क्रीडाखिलं ब्रह्मांडगोलकम् । मासा द्वादश ये नाथ ते सारिफलके गृहाः

Transliteration

tadautsukyena sa muniḥ preryamāṇa uvāca ha | nārada uvāca | devadeva tava krīḍākhilaṃ brahmāṃḍagolakam | māsā dvādaśa ye nātha te sāriphalake gṛhāḥ

Translation

কৌতূহলে প্রেরিত হয়ে মুনি বললেন। নারদ বললেন—হে দেবদেব! এই সমগ্র ব্রহ্মাণ্ডগোলক আপনার লীলা। হে নাথ! এই খেলায় বারো মাস যেন চৌপড়ের ঘরগুলির মতো।

Word by Word

तत्by that

औत्सुक्येनby eagerness/curiosity

सःhe

मुनिःthe sage

प्रेर्यमाणःbeing impelled

उवाचsaid

हindeed

नारदःNārada

उवाचsaid

देवदेवO god of gods

तवyour

क्रीडाखिलम्the whole play

ब्रह्माण्डगोलकम्the cosmic-egg sphere (universe-globe)

मासाःmonths

द्वादशtwelve

येwhich

नाथO lord

तेthey

सारिफलकेon the game-board (sārī-board)

गृहाःare houses/squares

Speaker

Nārada

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Śiva

Devī (implied)

Brahmāṇḍa (cosmic sphere)

Twelve months

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic time (months and cycles) is portrayed as part of the Lord’s līlā, inviting a devotional, non-anxious vision of existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is delivered in the Kailāsa setting; the Kāśīkhaṇḍa uses such episodes to deepen reverence for Śiva’s sovereignty central to Kāśī’s glory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it provides cosmological symbolism rather than a rite.