Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

यदस्ति यद्भविष्यच्च यद्भूतं च सदाशिव । तस्मादेतच्च सर्वस्मात्क्षेत्रमस्तु शुभोदयम्

Transliteration

yadasti yadbhaviṣyacca yadbhūtaṃ ca sadāśiva | tasmādetacca sarvasmātkṣetramastu śubhodayam

Translation

O Sadāśiva — was ist, was sein wird und was gewesen ist; darum möge dieses heilige Feld alles überragen und zur Quelle heilsamen Aufgangs werden.

Word by Word

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Visheshya (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Visheshya (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhaviṣyat: that which will be (future)
• bhaviṣyat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhū (भू धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: भविष्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present/future sense participial adjective); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Visheshya (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhūtam: that which has been (past)
• bhūtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūta (भूत प्रातिपदिक; भू धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• sadāśiva: O Sadāśiva
• sadāśiva: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadā + śiva (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सदा-शिवः)

• tasmāt: from that/therefore
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarvasmāt: from everything/from all
• sarvasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• kṣetram: the sacred field/place
• kṣetram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (क्षेत्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śubhodayam: of auspicious arising/bringing auspiciousness
• śubhodayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha + udaya (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थ (शुभः उदयः यस्य तत्)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta/Ānandavana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seeker audience (traditionally ṛṣi interlocutors in Kāśīkhaṇḍa frames)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic benediction scene: Sadāśiva as timeless presence (past, present, future) radiating over Kāśī-kshetra, with the city’s ghāṭas and temples shimmering as the ‘source of auspicious arising’.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Kāśī Kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is extolled as a supreme kṣetra whose auspicious power transcends time—past, present, and future.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-kṣetra (Ānandavana), invoked before Sadāśiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it is a praise-prayer (stuti) affirming the supremacy of the sacred field.