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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तपांसि विष्णो सर्वाणि श्रुतिः सांगा चतुर्विधा । अहं च त्वं च कश्चापि देवतानां गणाश्च ये

Transliteration

tapāṃsi viṣṇo sarvāṇi śrutiḥ sāṃgā caturvidhā | ahaṃ ca tvaṃ ca kaścāpi devatānāṃ gaṇāśca ye

Translation

Alle Askesen, o Viṣṇu; der vierfache Veda samt seinen Hilfslehren; ich und du und wer sonst noch; und alle Scharen der Götter—

Word by Word
तपांसिausterities
तपांसि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
विष्णोO Viṣṇu
विष्णो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
सर्वाणिall
सर्वाणि:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
श्रुतिःthe Veda/Śruti
श्रुतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
स-अङ्गाwith its auxiliaries (Vedāṅgas)
स-अङ्गा:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस (उपसर्ग/अव्यय-पूर्वपद) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (with limbs/auxiliaries)
चतुर्विधाfourfold
चतुर्विधा:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (fourfold)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
कश्चित्someone, anyone
कश्चित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)
अपिalso, even
अपि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: also/even)
देवतानाम्of the deities
देवतानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
गणाःgroups, hosts
गणाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
येwho (are)
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (relative)
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual) / Gaṅgā tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand sabhā: Śiva and Viṣṇu at center, surrounded by deva-gaṇas; above them float Vedic manuscripts and the six vedāṅgas symbolized as personified attendants; sages perform tapas in the margins.

Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu
Ś
Śruti
V
Vedāṅga
D
Devagaṇa

FAQs

Even the highest religious authorities—Vedas, austerities, and divine hosts—are drawn into the Gaṅgā’s sacred economy of merit.

The Gaṅgā in Kāśī, in a context that includes even Viṣṇu and the Vedic tradition.

Tapas and Vedic śruti are cited as major religious means; the passage implies their merits are present in relation to Gaṅgā.

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