Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

अन्यत्र व्रतिभिर्विश्वे कांचनीप्रतिमा तव । पंचकृष्णलकादूर्ध्वं कार्या विघ्नहृतोपि च

Transliteration

anyatra vratibhirviśve kāṃcanīpratimā tava | paṃcakṛṣṇalakādūrdhvaṃ kāryā vighnahṛtopi ca

Translation

O Viśve, Herr des Weltalls: Für andere Gelübdeübende anderswo soll ein goldenes Bildnis von Dir gefertigt werden, von einem Wert über fünf kṛṣṇalakas, selbst wenn Hindernisse entstanden sind, die durch die rechte Vollendung des Ritus zu beseitigen sind.

Word by Word

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere/otherwise
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘elsewhere/otherwise’

• व्रतिभिः: by vow-observers
• व्रतिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘by/with vow-observers’

• विश्वे: in the world
• विश्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the world’

• काञ्चनी-प्रतिमा: a golden image
• काञ्चनी-प्रतिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चनी (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘golden (one) image’

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of you/your’

• पञ्च-कृष्ण-लकात्: from five black lakā-measures
• पञ्च-कृष्ण-लकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + लका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘from (the measure of) five black lakā-s’ (measure/mark)

• ऊर्ध्वम्: above/upwards
• ऊर्ध्वम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उपपद/क्रियाविशेषण): ‘upwards/above’

• कार्या: should be made
• कार्या: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (भाव्य/कर्तव्यतार्थक), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be made/should be made’ (agreeing with प्रतिमा)

• विघ्न-हृतः: (one) with obstacles removed
• विघ्न-हृतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक) + हृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘one whose obstacles are removed’ (past participle)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): ‘also/even’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction): ‘and’

Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Viśveśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical Purāṇic audience frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-observer in Kāśī commissions a small golden icon of Viśveśvara, weighing beyond a stated measure, while priests remove ritual obstacles and prepare the concluding offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Viśve

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow becomes spiritually complete through proper offering (dāna) and disciplined completion, even when obstacles arise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Kāśī-kṣetra setting frames the teaching, though this verse itself focuses on vrata-completion rules rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The making/offer of a golden pratimā of specified minimum value (exceeding five kṛṣṇalas) as part of vrata observance.