Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सत्त्वाः सत्त्वसमायुक्ता वसुधासीच्छुभा तदा । कल्याणी सर्वतो वाणी प्राणिनः प्रीणयंत्यभूत्

Transliteration

sattvāḥ sattvasamāyuktā vasudhāsīcchubhā tadā | kalyāṇī sarvato vāṇī prāṇinaḥ prīṇayaṃtyabhūt

Translation

Die Wesen wurden von Güte erfüllt; die Erde selbst wurde damals glückverheißend; und von überall erhob sich heilsame, liebliche Rede, die alle Lebewesen erfreute.

Word by Word

• सत्त्वाः: creatures, beings
• सत्त्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन

• सत्त्व-समायुक्ताः: endowed with goodness/strength (sattva)
• सत्त्व-समायुक्ताः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + समा-युक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participle)

• वसुधा: the earth
• वसुधा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

• शुभा: auspicious, beautiful
• शुभा: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘वसुधा’)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• कल्याणी: auspicious
• कल्याणी: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्याणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘वाणी’)

• सर्वतः: everywhere, from all sides
• सर्वतः: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (spatial adverb): ‘from all sides/everywhere’

• वाणी: speech, voice
• वाणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• प्राणिनः: living beings
• प्राणिनः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन (Vedic/epic variant form for प्राणिनान्/प्राणिनः)

• प्रीणयन्ती: gladdening, pleasing
• प्रीणयन्ती: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्री (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + शतृ (present participle)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (agreeing with ‘वाणी’)

• अभूत्: became, came to be
• अभूत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brightened Kāśī: people’s faces radiant with goodness, the earth glowing, and gentle speech flowing like a blessing from every direction.

Characters & Entities

• vasudhā (earth)
• prāṇin (living beings)
• sattva (guṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic turning point is marked by sattva: goodness in beings, auspiciousness in the world, and wholesome speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse participates in Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s celebratory narration; it does not specify a particular Kāśī tīrtha by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it describes the ethical-spiritual fruit of auspiciousness: sattvic conduct and kalyāṇī vāṇī.