Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तद्धनं धनिनां शुद्धं यत्त्वदर्थे व्ययीकृतम् । स एव सकलः कालो यस्मिञ्जिष्णो त्वमर्च्यसे

Transliteration

taddhanaṃ dhanināṃ śuddhaṃ yattvadarthe vyayīkṛtam | sa eva sakalaḥ kālo yasmiñjiṣṇo tvamarcyase

Translation

Der Reichtum der Reichen wird wahrhaft rein, wenn er um Deinetwillen ausgegeben wird. Nur das ist die gut verbrachte Zeit—ja, die ganze Zeit—während der, o Sieger, Du verehrt wirst.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (correlative)

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धनिनाम्: of the wealthy
• धनिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शुद्धम्: pure
• शुद्धम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying धनम्)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (relative)

• त्वत्: your/of you
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (genitive stem used in compound)

• अर्थे: for (your) sake
• अर्थे: Prayojana/Adhikarana (purpose-locative/प्रयोजन-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• व्ययी-कृतम्: spent, expended
• व्ययी-कृतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√i (धातु) + kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘व्ययी’ = व्यय (expenditure) भाव; अर्थः: ‘spent/expended’

• सः: that (he/it)
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: only/indeed)

• सकलः: entire, whole
• सकलः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying कालः)

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; (relative)

• जिष्णो: O victorious one
• जिष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jiṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अर्च्यसे: are worshipped
• अर्च्यसे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम/उत्तम?—कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘you are worshipped’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wealthy householder in Kāśī offers coins, lamps, and cloth for worship; a clock-like mandala shows ‘time’ turning into a garland as the deity is worshiped; the Lord is addressed as Jishnu (victorious).

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (Jiṣṇu)
• Vāsudeva
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth becomes sanctified through God-centered giving, and time becomes meaningful through worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting, tying the teaching to the devotional ethos celebrated in Kāśī, though it does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (worship) is praised; dāna is implied as spending wealth for divine purposes.