Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

कुमार उवाच । देवदेवमहादेव यदि देयो वरो मम । तदत्र भवता स्थेयं भवतापहृता सदा

Transliteration

kumāra uvāca | devadevamahādeva yadi deyo varo mama | tadatra bhavatā stheyaṃ bhavatāpahṛtā sadā

Translation

Der Prinz sprach: „O Gott der Götter, Mahādeva—wenn mir ein Segen gewährt werden soll, dann bleibe hier, für immer fest gegründet, stets gegenwärtig und niemals fortgenommen.“

Word by Word

• कुमारः: Kumāra
• कुमारः: Kartr (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• देवदेवमहादेव: O God of gods, O Mahādeva
• देवदेवमहादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव-महा-देव (प्रातिपदिक; देव + देव + महा + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (देवदेवः च महादेवः च)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• देयः: to be granted
• देयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधेयकृदन्त (यत्/णीयत्-प्रत्ययार्थः; देय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; वरो इति विशेषणम्; अर्थः—‘to be given’

• वरः: boon
• वरः: Kartr (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन

• मम: to me / my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तत्: then/therefore
• तत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; अत्र अव्ययार्थे ‘then/that’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• भवता: by you (sir)
• भवता: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/कर्ता/करण), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः

• स्थेयम्: (you) should remain
• स्थेयम्: Kriya (Injunctive obligation/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भावे प्रयोगः—‘it should be stayed’

• भवता: by you
• भवता: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• अपहृता: taken away/removed
• अपहृता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप+हृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘(she/it) has been taken away’; अत्र ‘सदा’ सह—‘always taken away/removed’ (पाठानुसार)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Prince (Kumāra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: A specific Kāśī-liṅga (name not given in the provided verses)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Devadeva/Mahādeva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The prince-devotee, hands folded, asks Śiva for a single boon: ‘Remain established here forever, never removed.’ Śiva’s presence is depicted as settling into the sacred place.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mahādeva, Devadeva)
• Liṅga (implied)
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest boon is enduring divine presence for the welfare of all, not personal gain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is glorified as the ‘here’ where the devotee seeks Śiva’s permanent abiding presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implicit theme of liṅga-sthāpanā/abiding presence appears, though no procedural details are given.