Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यावंति विष्वक्तेजांसि सिद्धरूपगुणानि च । नेत्रातिथीनि तावंति तत्तपस्तेजसाऽभवन्

Transliteration

yāvaṃti viṣvaktejāṃsi siddharūpaguṇāni ca | netrātithīni tāvaṃti tattapastejasā'bhavan

Translation

So viele strahlende Vollkommenheiten sowie vollendete Gestalten und Eigenschaften es in alle Richtungen gibt—so viele wurden zu „Gästen der Augen“, offenbar geworden durch den Glanz jenes Tapas.

Word by Word

• यावन्ति: as many as
• यावन्ति: Visheshana (correlative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neuter, nom/acc plural); परिमाणवाचक-विशेषणम् (as many as)

• विष्वक्-तेजांसि: radiances in all directions
• विष्वक्-तेजांसि: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्वक् (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (neuter, nominative plural); समासः अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुषसदृशः (विष्वक् = सर्वतः, ‘in all directions’ + तेजांसि = lights/energies)

• सिद्ध-रूप-गुणानि: perfected forms and qualities
• सिद्ध-रूप-गुणानि: Karta (co-subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (neuter, nominative plural); समासः इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (रूपाणि च गुणाः च) ‘forms and qualities’ (सिद्ध- = accomplished/perfected as qualifier)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• नेत्र-अतिथीनि: guests of the eyes (delightful sights)
• नेत्र-अतिथीनि: Karta (predicate nominative/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (neuter, nominative plural); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नेत्राणाम् अतिथीनि = guests of the eyes; i.e., pleasing sights)

• तावन्ति: so many
• तावन्ति: Visheshana (correlative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neuter, nom/acc plural); परिमाणवाचक-विशेषणम् (so many)

• तत्-तपस्-तेजसा: by the radiance of that austerity
• तत्-तपस्-तेजसा: Karana (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (neuter, instrumental singular); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य तपसः तेजसा = by the splendor of that austerity)

• अभवन्: became, came to be
• अभवन्: Kriya (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (imperfect/past, 3rd person plural)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm: Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Around the ascetic, countless luminous forms—personified siddhis, radiant qualities, subtle beings—appear in all directions like a celestial assembly, becoming visible as if invited into sight by his tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Dhruva
• Siddhas
• Tapas-tejas (ascetic radiance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity grounded in devotion produces spiritual luminosity that reveals higher realities (siddha-rūpa-guṇa) to perception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within the Kāśī-kṣetra narrative frame, implying Kāśī as a supreme field where tapas quickly bears fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is stated; the emphasis is on tapas as a dharmic discipline that yields direct experiential ‘darśana.’