Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

विष्टपत्रितयांतर्ये देवर्षिमनुजोरगाः । ससरित्पर्वतारण्याः संति ते तत्र यन्मुने

Transliteration

viṣṭapatritayāṃtarye devarṣimanujoragāḥ | sasaritparvatāraṇyāḥ saṃti te tatra yanmune

Translation

Im dreifachen Himmel sind Götter, Ṛṣis, Menschen und Schlangen; dazu Flüsse, Berge und Wälder — all dies, o Weiser, ist dort gegenwärtig.

Word by Word

• विष्टप: of heaven (svarga)
• विष्टप: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular (of heaven)

• त्रितय: in the triad (group of three)
• त्रितय: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रितय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular (in the triad)

• अन्तर्ये: in the interior/within
• अन्तर्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

• देव: gods
• देव: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• ऋषि: sages
• ऋषि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• मनुज: humans
• मनुज: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• उरगाः: serpents
• उरगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• स: together with
• स: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (prefix-like particle meaning 'with')

• सरित्: rivers
• सरित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• पर्वत: mountains
• पर्वत: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• अरण्याः: forests
• अरण्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• सन्ति: are/exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन — present indicative, 3rd plural

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — accusative plural (you/for you)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• यत्: since/where
• यत्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative particle, 'since/whereas')

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — vocative singular

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame) / addressed ‘muni’ within episode

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary panorama of a Kāśī tīrtha where devas, sages, humans, and nāgas appear together; rivers, mountains, and forests are shown as if folded into one sanctified space.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Ṛṣis
• Manujas
• Uragas (Nāgas)
• Rivers
• Mountains
• Forests

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha is portrayed as a microcosm: the presence of all orders of beings and landscapes signifies concentrated sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The description supports the māhātmya of the Kāśī locus being narrated (Pilipilā/Triviṣṭapa context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a cosmological praise establishing the tīrtha’s all-encompassing nature.