Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

एवं तस्मिन्महीपाले राज्यं सम्यक्प्रशासति । एकदा नारदः श्रीमांस्तं दिदृक्षुः समाययौ

Transliteration

evaṃ tasminmahīpāle rājyaṃ samyakpraśāsati | ekadā nāradaḥ śrīmāṃstaṃ didṛkṣuḥ samāyayau

Translation

Während jener König sein Reich rechtmäßig und wohl ordnete, kam eines Tages der ruhmreiche Nārada, ihn zu sehen begehrend.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: ‘thus/in this manner’)

• तस्मिन्: in him; when he (was)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्

• महीपाले: in the king
• महीपाले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-context; apposition to तस्मिन्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘protector of earth’ = king)

• राज्यम्: the kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of प्रशासति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• सम्यक्: properly; well
• सम्यक्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: ‘properly/well’)

• प्रशासति: rules; governs
• प्रशासति: Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√शास् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम् (Active), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• एकदा: once
• एकदा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time: ‘once’)

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• श्रीमान्: glorious; illustrious
• श्रीमान्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of नारदः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective: ‘possessed of splendor’)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of समाययौ / दिदृक्षुः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• दिदृक्षुः: wishing to see
• दिदृक्षुः: Karta (कर्ता/Agent; appositional to नारदः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) → दिदृक्षु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; desiderative)
• Form: सन्नन्त/देशिदेरटिव्-भावः (desiderative sense ‘wishing to see’), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि प्रयोगे विशेषणम्

• समाययौ: came; arrived
• समाययौ: Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devarṣi Nārada, radiant and travel-worn yet luminous, arrives at the palace gate with vīṇā in hand; the king rises from the throne to स्वागत (welcome).

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mitrajit (contextual king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous governance and devotion attract saintly attention; sages naturally seek the company of the dharmic.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra’s narrative world (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), where sages like Nārada move through sacred geography and dharmic courts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it advances the narrative by introducing Nārada’s arrival.