Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्योपरि शुभं पद्मं रविरश्मिविकासितम् । तत्कर्णिकाया उपरि चतुःस्वर्णविनिर्मितम्

Transliteration

tasyopari śubhaṃ padmaṃ raviraśmivikāsitam | tatkarṇikāyā upari catuḥsvarṇavinirmitam

Translation

Darauf lege man einen glückverheißenden Lotus, als wäre er von den Sonnenstrahlen erblüht; und auf seinem Blütenherz ein Schmuckstück aus vier Arten von Gold.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (of it/him)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• उपरि: above, upon
• उपरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• शुभम्: auspicious, beautiful
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• पद्मम्: lotus
• पद्मम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• रवि-रश्मि-विकासितम्: opened/bloomed by the sun’s rays
• रवि-रश्मि-विकासितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक) + रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक) + विकासित (कृदन्त; √कस्/विकस् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत (past passive participle)

• तत्-कर्णिकायाः: of its pericarp (lotus-center)
• तत्-कर्णिकायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + कर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• उपरि: above, upon
• उपरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• चतुः-स्वर्ण-विनिर्मितम्: made of four (kinds of) gold / made with four golds
• चतुः-स्वर्ण-विनिर्मितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + स्वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मित (कृदन्त; √मा/निर्मा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); ‘चतुःस्वर्ण’ = चतुर्भिः स्वर्णैः (instrumental sense)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual altar in Kāśī: a radiant lotus opened like by sunbeams, with a fourfold-gold ornament set upon the pericarp, priests arranging offerings around it.

Characters & Entities

• Padma (lotus)
• Ravi (sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The lotus motif teaches purity and spiritual unfolding; the careful central placement signifies honoring the divine presence as the rite’s heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered vrata teaching; it does not name a separate tirtha within the line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Place an auspicious lotus atop the arrangement, and set a four-gold crafted item upon the lotus pericarp (center).