Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

महापूजां च ये कुर्युर्महामंत्राञ्जपंति च । तेऽत्र वैकर्तने लोके विकर्तनसमप्रभा

Transliteration

mahāpūjāṃ ca ye kuryurmahāmaṃtrāñjapaṃti ca | te'tra vaikartane loke vikartanasamaprabhā

Translation

Diejenigen, die große Pūjā vollziehen und die Mahāmantras rezitieren, leuchten hier, in der strahlenden Welt Vaikartanas, mit einem Glanz, der Vikartana, der Sonne, gleichkommt.

Word by Word

• महापूजाम्: great worship
• महापूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महती पूजा) (feminine accusative singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (masculine nominative plural relative pronoun)

• कुर्युः: should perform
• कुर्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (should do/perform)

• महामन्त्रान्: great mantras
• महामन्त्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान्तः मन्त्राः) (masculine accusative plural)

• जपन्ति: recite, mutter
• जपन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (they recite)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (masculine nominative plural pronoun)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• वैकर्तने: in Vaikartana (world/realm)
• वैकर्तने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine locative singular)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine locative singular)

• विकर्तनसमप्रभाः: having splendor equal to Vikartana (the Sun)
• विकर्तनसमप्रभाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकर्तन (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (विकर्तनस्य समा प्रभा येषाम्) (masculine nominative plural)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand ritual worship scene with lamps, flowers, incense, and a devotee counting a mālā; above, a radiant solar realm opens—Vaikartana-loka—where the devotee appears as a luminous figure equal in brilliance to the Sun.

Characters & Entities

• Vaikartana
• Vikartana (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Elevated worship and mantra-recitation refine the devotee into a state of luminous participation in the divine—symbolized by solar radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate glorification is of Vaikartana-loka (a solar realm) within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s phala-śruti context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mahāpūjā (grand worship) and mahāmantra-japa (recitation of great mantras).