Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

एतत्त्वदीयं सकलंवस्तुजातं समंततः । अर्थोपार्जनविद्याश्च सर्वाः शिक्षस्व पुत्रक

Transliteration

etattvadīyaṃ sakalaṃvastujātaṃ samaṃtataḥ | arthopārjanavidyāśca sarvāḥ śikṣasva putraka

Translation

Diese ganze Sammlung von Gütern ist in jeder Hinsicht dein. Lerne, mein Sohn, alle Künste und Lehren, durch die man Reichtum auf rechte Weise erwirbt.

Word by Word

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

• tva-dīyam: belonging to you
• tva-dīyam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + īya (तद्धित प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त विशेषण (possessive adjective)

• sakalam: entire
• sakalam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• vastu-jātam: the whole collection of things/property
• vastu-jātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastu (प्रातिपदिक) + jāta (कृदन्त; √jan/√jā (जन्/जा) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारणार्थ समास (collection of things)

• samantataḥ: from all sides; entirely
• samantataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• artha-upārjana-vidyāḥ: skills/knowledges for acquiring wealth
• artha-upārjana-vidyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक) + upārjana (कृदन्त; उप-√arj (अर्ज्) + ल्युट्) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समास: अर्थस्य उपार्जनम् इति (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष) + तत्सम्बद्धा विद्या (तत्पुरुष)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• śikṣasva: learn (you should learn)
• śikṣasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śikṣ (शिक्ष्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• putraka: dear son
• putraka: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; स्नेहार्थक (vocative)

Speaker

Skanda (narrating to Agastya, context of Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elder father in a household setting gestures toward stored goods and household wealth while instructing his son to learn arts of rightful earning; the son listens with mixed eagerness and restlessness.

Characters & Entities

• Harikeśa
• Harikeśa’s father

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Learning livelihood-skills is legitimate in dharma, but it must be framed as responsible stewardship rather than ego-driven accumulation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the larger sacred canvas of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse focuses on ethical education.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse prescribes learning (śikṣā) of wealth-acquisition arts.