Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अथ विद्याफलं तत्ते दैत्यान्संजीवयिष्यतः । पश्यंतु प्रमथाः सर्वे त्वया संजीवितानिमान्

Transliteration

atha vidyāphalaṃ tatte daityānsaṃjīvayiṣyataḥ | paśyaṃtu pramathāḥ sarve tvayā saṃjīvitānimān

Translation

Nun soll die Frucht deines Wissens sichtbar werden: Erwecke diese Daityas wieder zum Leben! Mögen alle Pramathas sie schauen, von dir neu belebt.

Word by Word

• अथ: then, now
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/now)

• विद्या-फलम्: the fruit/result of the spell
• विद्या-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — here as द्वितीया (object) with implied ‘see/show’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative ‘that’; here in apposition to विद्या-फलम्

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन — ‘of you/for you’; here likely षष्ठी (your) with विद्या-फलम्

• दैत्यान्: Daityas (demons)
• दैत्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• संजीवयिष्यतः: (you) will revive
• संजीवयिष्यतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जीव् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + लृट् (भविष्यत्)
• Form: लृट् (Future), मध्यमपुरुष? / तृतीयपुरुष? — but form -यिष्यतः = द्वितीया? actually 2nd person dual/3rd person dual parasmaipada; context suggests ‘(you) will revive’ → expected संजीवयिष्यसि; here taken as मध्यमपुरुष, द्विवचन (dual) or textual variant

• पश्यन्तु: let (them) see
• पश्यन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु) लोट्
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), तृतीयपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘let them see’

• प्रमथाः: the Pramathas
• प्रमथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural; विशेषण (qualifying प्रमथाः)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• संजीवितान्: revived
• संजीवितान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √जीव् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural; विशेषण (qualifying इमान्/दैत्यान्)

• इमान्: these
• इमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

Speaker

Andhaka (deduced; continuing address to Bhārgava/Śukra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding figure gestures over heaps of fallen Daityas; a wave of luminous energy rises, wounds close, eyes open, warriors stand again as Pramathas recoil in astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Daitya
• Pramatha
• Vidyāphala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power gained through knowledge is expected to manifest as tangible results; the verse highlights ‘phala’ (outcome) as a test of attained vidyā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the larger work is the Kāśī-centered Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse speaks of applying a life-restoring vidyā.