Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तत्रैव ब्राह्मणैः प्रीतैरित्युक्तोसौ कलानिधिः । सोमोस्माकं ब्राह्मणानां राजा त्रैलोक्यदक्षिणः

Transliteration

tatraiva brāhmaṇaiḥ prītairityuktosau kalānidhiḥ | somosmākaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ rājā trailokyadakṣiṇaḥ

Translation

Dort wurde Soma, der Hort der Mondphasen, von den erfreuten Brahmanen freudig angesprochen: „Soma ist der König für uns Brahmanen—seine dakṣiṇā ist den drei Welten gleich.“

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• ब्राह्मणैः: by the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• प्रीतैः: pleased
• प्रीतैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘ब्राह्मणैः’ इति विशेषणम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक/उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative ‘thus’)

• उक्तः: was addressed; was said (to)
• उक्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त, कर्मणि/भूतकर्म); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सः’ इति कर्तृस्थाने (he was said/addressed)

• असौ: that one; he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कलानिधिः: treasury of digits (the Moon)
• कलानिधिः: Apposition (सम्बोधन/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘कलानां निधिः’); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (genitive plural: ‘of us/our’)

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• राजा: king
• राजा: Predicate Nominative (प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्य-दक्षिणः: benefactor of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य-दक्षिणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य + दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘त्रैलोक्यस्य दक्षिणः’ = benefactor/glory of the three worlds); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘राजा’ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candreśvara in Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of pleased brāhmaṇas, serene and smiling, address Soma—moon-crowned and luminous—praising his unmatched dakṣiṇā; ritual gifts (gold, cows, cloth, grains) are arranged near the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• brāhmaṇas
• dakṣiṇā
• three worlds

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Those who honour the learned with generosity earn their blessings and become protectors of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s ritual culture is implied—where brāhmaṇas’ blessings and yajña-dakṣiṇā are especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied dharma is lavish and fitting dakṣiṇā to brāhmaṇas as part of sacrificial performance.