Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

संप्रधार्येति स विभुः सर्वतश्चित्स्वरूपया । तया सह जगद्धात्र्या जगद्धाताऽथ धूर्जटिः

Transliteration

saṃpradhāryeti sa vibhuḥ sarvataścitsvarūpayā | tayā saha jagaddhātryā jagaddhātā'tha dhūrjaṭiḥ

Translation

So entschlossen schritt jener allgegenwärtige Herr—Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva), der Erhalter der Welten—zusammen mit der Weltenmutter, deren Wesen überall reines Bewusstsein ist, zum Handeln, um die Schöpfung zu ordnen.

Word by Word

• संप्रधार्य: having deliberated
• संप्रधार्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-प्र-√धृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), √धृ (धारणे) with उपसर्ग सम्+प्र; ‘having considered/decided’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (quotative particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; pronoun ‘he’

• विभुः: the Lord, the all-pervading one
• विभुः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वतः: everywhere/from all sides
• सर्वतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• चित्स्वरूपया: by/with (her) consciousness-natured form
• चित्स्वरूपया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित् + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; चित्स्वरूपा = ‘whose nature is consciousness’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-भाव)

• तया: with her
• तया: Sahakāraka/Karaṇa (with her; instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘by/with her’

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक-उपपद (postposition governing instrumental)

• जगद्धात्र्या: with the world-sustaining goddess
• जगद्धात्र्या: Sahakāraka/Karaṇa (Accompaniment; instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + धात्री (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; जगद्धात्री = ‘the sustainer/mother of the world’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• जगद्धाता: the world-creator
• जगद्धाता: Karta (Subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + धातृ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; जगद्धाता = ‘creator/sustainer of the world’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• धूर्जटिः: Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva)
• धूर्जटिः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूर्जटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शिवनाम

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (e.g., Śaunaka and others)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva Dhūrjaṭi, serene and all-pervading, stands with the World-Mother (Śakti) as luminous pure Consciousness; the cosmos is poised for ordering, with subtle emanations beginning to stir.

Characters & Entities

• Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva)
• Jagaddhātrī (Śivā/Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All sacred order and creation are grounded in Śiva united with Śakti, whose essence is pure Consciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in Kāśīkhaṇḍa, aligning the teaching with Kāśī’s vision of Śiva-Śakti as the spiritual foundation of the city’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it presents a theological foundation (Śiva-Śakti and cit).