Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

यैस्तु विश्वभुजा देवी वाराणस्यां स्तुतार्चिता । न हि तान्विघ्नसंघातो बाधते सुकृतात्मनः

Transliteration

yaistu viśvabhujā devī vārāṇasyāṃ stutārcitā | na hi tānvighnasaṃghāto bādhate sukṛtātmanaḥ

Translation

Doch jene, die in Vārāṇasī die Devī Viśvabhujā preisen und verehren, werden von keiner Schar von Hindernissen bedrängt; denn sie sind Seelen von heilsamem Verdienst.

Word by Word

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण (instrumental)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse/Connector (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• विश्वभुजा: Viśvabhujā (as epithet)
• विश्वभुजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वभुज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; देवी-विशेषण (epithet)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वाराणस्याम्: in Vārāṇasī
• वाराणस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• स्तुता: praised
• स्तुता: Karta (Predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'praised'

• अर्चिता: worshipped
• अर्चिता: Karta (Predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'worshipped'

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse/Connector (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• विघ्नसंघातः: a mass/host of obstacles
• विघ्नसंघातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न + संघात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृपद

• बाधते: afflicts/harms
• बाधते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सुकृतात्मनः: of the virtuous one (good-souled)
• सुकृतात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvabhujā Devī shrine (Kāśī)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees in Kāśī sing hymns and perform arcanā before Viśvabhujā Devī; obstacles personified as dark forms dissolve at the edge of the shrine’s light.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvabhujā
• Vārāṇasī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Praise and worship offered in the sacred field draws protective grace that dissolves accumulated impediments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) as the place of Viśvabhujā Devī’s celebrated worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (hymnic praise) and arcana (formal worship) of Viśvabhujā Devī in Vārāṇasī.