Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 205

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मांडांतरसंस्थेषु भुंजन्भोगान्मनोरमान् । सर्वैः संपूजितो विष्णो यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

Transliteration

brahmāṃḍāṃtarasaṃstheṣu bhuṃjanbhogānmanoramān | sarvaiḥ saṃpūjito viṣṇo yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Translation

In den Bereichen der kosmischen Sphären verweilend, liebliche Genüsse genießend und von allen verehrt—o Viṣṇu—(währt dieser Zustand) bis zur Auflösung der Wesen in der großen kosmischen Flut.

Word by Word

• brahmāṇḍa: cosmic egg, universe
• brahmāṇḍa: Sambandha (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + aṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास; समासाङ्ग (ब्रह्माण्ड-)

• antara: inside, interior
• antara: Sambandha (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; समासाङ्ग (अन्तर-)

• saṃstheṣu: in the abodes/places
• saṃstheṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃstha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी बहुवचन; ‘-स्थ’ (स्थित) अर्थे

• bhuñjan: enjoying
• bhuñjan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) → bhuñjat (कृदन्त, शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि वर्तमान कृदन्त (participle)

• bhogān: enjoyments
• bhogān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन

• manoramān: delightful
• manoramān: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manorama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (भोगान्)

• sarvaiḥ: by all (people)
• sarvaiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन

• saṃpūjitaḥ: worshipped
• saṃpūjitaḥ: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√pūj (धातु) → saṃpūjita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे (passive participle)

• viṣṇo: O Vishnu
• viṣṇo: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative) एकवचन

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधि/पर्यन्तबोधक—‘until’)

• ābhūta: up to the beings/creation (i.e., till dissolution)
• ābhūta: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास (आ + भूत) ‘यावत्’ सह अवध्यर्थे

• saṃplavam: deluge, dissolution
• saṃplavam: Karma (Extent/अवधि as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃplava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; अवध्यर्थे (पर्यन्त)

Speaker

Narratorial phala-śruti style statement within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary panorama of layered cosmic spheres with jeweled cities; a devotee’s subtle body ascends, welcomed by radiant beings; Viṣṇu’s presence implied as the sustaining lord, with honors offered by celestial attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit earned through sacred practice is portrayed as yielding long-lasting, exalted states—yet still within saṃsāra’s cosmic cycles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This appears as a results-verse within Kāśī’s Gaṅgā-centered narrative, indirectly reinforcing the tīrtha-power of Gaṅgā in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it describes the fruit (phala) that follows from the preceding worship/recitation observances.