Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तत्प्रसादादहं चक्री लक्ष्मीशस्तत्प्रभावतः । त्रैलोक्यरक्षासामर्थ्यं दत्तं तेनैव शंभुना

Transliteration

tatprasādādahaṃ cakrī lakṣmīśastatprabhāvataḥ | trailokyarakṣāsāmarthyaṃ dattaṃ tenaiva śaṃbhunā

Translation

„Durch seine Gnade wurde ich zum Träger des Diskus, zum Herrn der Lakṣmī; und durch seine eigene Macht wurde mir die Fähigkeit verliehen, die drei Welten zu schützen — von eben diesem Śambhu.“

Word by Word

• tatprasādāt: from his grace
• tatprasādāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष — ‘from his grace’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचन

• cakrī: the discus-bearer
• cakrī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन — ‘one who has the discus’ (विष्णोः विशेषणम्)

• lakṣmīśaḥ: Lord of Lakṣmī
• lakṣmīśaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष — ‘lord of Lakṣmī’

• tatprabhāvataḥ: due to his power
• tatprabhāvataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tat + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (हेतौ) — ‘due to his power/influence’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष आधारः)

• trailokya: three worlds
• trailokya: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासपूर्वपद) — द्विगु ‘three worlds’

• rakṣā: protection
• rakṣā: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग) — ‘protection’

• sāmarthyam: ability, capacity
• sāmarthyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāmarthya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भाव) — ‘capacity/ability (for)’

• dattam: given, bestowed
• dattam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा ‘दाने’ धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त — ‘given/bestowed’ (कर्मणि)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया एकवचन — ‘by him’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — ‘indeed/only’

• śaṃbhunā: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• śaṃbhunā: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Śambhu) in Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/seekers in the frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu (still unseen or subtly revealed) declares that by Śambhu’s grace he bears the cakra and protects the three worlds; imagery can show a radiant Śiva-bestowed energy flowing into Viṣṇu’s emblems.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Lakṣmī
• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All cosmic authority is rooted in the Supreme Lord’s grace; even Viṣṇu acknowledges Śambhu as the source empowering protection of the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Śaiva supremacy is reinforced—Śambhu as lord of the kṣetra whose power underwrites cosmic order.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is given; it is a theological testimony about grace (prasāda).