Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
भवतोः खेलसमयो यः सा स्थितिरुदाहृता । इत्थं क्रीडैव सकलमेतद्ब्रह्मांडमीशयोः
Transliteration
bhavatoḥ khelasamayo yaḥ sā sthitirudāhṛtā | itthaṃ krīḍaiva sakalametadbrahmāṃḍamīśayoḥ
Translation
তোমাদের উভয়ের ক্রীড়াকালকেই ‘স্থিতি’ বলা হয়। এইভাবে সমগ্র ব্রহ্মাণ্ডই সেই দুই ঈশ্বরের লীলা মাত্র।
Word by Word
भवतोःof you two
भवतोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन; आदरार्थक-प्रयोगः
खेलसमयःthe time of play
खेलसमयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootखेल + समय (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘खेलायाः समयः’
यःwhich
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम
साthat
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अन्वय-सूचक
स्थितिःstate/condition
स्थितिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उदाहृताis declared/said
उदाहृता:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-आ-हृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘उदाहृ’ (to state)
इत्थम्thus
इत्थम्:
Adverbial
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्थम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), प्रकारार्थक
क्रीडाa play/sport
क्रीडा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
एवonly/indeed
एव:
Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle), अवधारणार्थक
सकलम्entire
सकलम्:
Karma/Complement
TypeAdjective
Rootसकल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma/Complement
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
ब्रह्माण्डम्cosmic egg/universe
ब्रह्माण्डम्:
Karma/Complement
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्म + अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘ब्रह्मणः अण्डम्’
ईशयोःof the two Lords
ईशयोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootईश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन
Speaker
Nārada
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Sages
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Śiva and Devī pause mid-game in serene stillness; around them the universe is held in balanced suspension—planets orbit, rivers flow, beings live—signifying sthiti as the ‘play-time’ itself.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaD
Devī (Śakti)S
SthitiB
BrahmāṇḍaFAQs
Sustenance of the world is a divine function, best understood as līlā—inviting devotion rather than fear.
No specific tīrtha; the verse universalizes Śiva–Śakti lordship, which undergirds the sanctity of Kāśī in the larger Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None.