Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

लसत्प्रचंडदोर्दंड युगलद्वयराजितः । उल्लसत्परमामोदनाभीह्रदकुशेशयः

Transliteration

lasatpracaṃḍadordaṃḍa yugaladvayarājitaḥ | ullasatparamāmodanābhīhradakuśeśayaḥ

Translation

Geschmückt mit zwei Paaren leuchtender, gewaltiger Arme; und mit einem Nabel wie ein See, in dessen Innerem ein Lotos von höchstem Duft und Wonne erstrahlte.

Word by Word

• लसत्-प्रचण्ड-दोर्दण्ड-युगल-द्वय-राजितः: adorned with two pairs of shining mighty arms
• लसत्-प्रचण्ड-दोर्दण्ड-युगल-द्वय-राजितः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लसत् (√लस् धातु, शतृ) + प्रचण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + दोर्दण्ड (दोर्+दण्ड) + युगल + द्वय + राजित (√राज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-समास: ‘adorned by two pairs of shining, mighty arm-staffs’ (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष sense with राजित)

• उल्लसत्-परम-आमोद-नाभि-ह्रद-कुशेशयः: having a navel-lake with a lotus of supreme, blossoming delight/fragrance
• उल्लसत्-परम-आमोद-नाभि-ह्रद-कुशेशयः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उल्लसत् (उद्+√लस्, शतृ) + परम + आमोद + नाभि + ह्रद + कुशेशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासार्थ: ‘whose navel-lake is a lotus (kuśeśaya) of supreme, blossoming fragrance/joy’ (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष; poetic epithet)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A majestic four-armed divine Person with powerful shining arms; at his navel a lake-like depression holds a radiant lotus, suggesting fragrance and bliss spreading through the cosmos.

Characters & Entities

• The manifested Person (described)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious divine marks (like lotus-navel and mighty arms) signify protection, abundance, and the ordering power of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Kāśī through the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame; no single tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it supports meditative visualization and devotional remembrance.