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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

संतोष्य सर्वान्प्रथमं मुनींद्रान्स्वैस्वैर्हृदिस्थैश्च चिराभिलाषैः । ब्रह्माणमाभाष्य शिवोथ विष्णुं जगाद सर्वामरवृंदवंद्यः

Transliteration

saṃtoṣya sarvānprathamaṃ munīṃdrānsvaisvairhṛdisthaiśca cirābhilāṣaiḥ | brahmāṇamābhāṣya śivotha viṣṇuṃ jagāda sarvāmaravṛṃdavaṃdyaḥ

Translation

Zuerst erfreute Śiva alle Herren der Weisen, indem er ihre lange im Herzen gehegten Wünsche erfüllte. Dann, nachdem er Brahmā angesprochen hatte, sprach er zu Viṣṇu — ihm, den alle Scharen der Unsterblichen verehren.

Word by Word
संतोष्यhaving satisfied
संतोष्य:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग) + तुष् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययीभावरूप (gerund) — ‘having satisfied’
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Accusative plural; मुनीन्द्रान् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
प्रथमम्first
प्रथमम्:
Adverbial (Sequence)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb) — ‘first’
मुनीन्द्रान्the chief sages
मुनीन्द्रान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Accusative plural; ‘lords among sages’
स्वैःwith their own
स्वैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; ‘with their own’
स्वैःeach with his own
स्वैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; पुनरुक्त्या ‘each with his own’
हृदिस्थैःheart-abiding
हृदिस्थैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहृदि (अव्यय/सप्तमी-रूप) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; तत्पुरुषः ‘situated in (their) hearts’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)
चिराभिलाषैःwith long-cherished wishes
चिराभिलाषैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootचिर (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिलाष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; तत्पुरुषः ‘long-cherished desires’
ब्रह्माणम्Brahmā
ब्रह्माणम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular
आभाष्यhaving addressed
आभाष्य:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) + भाष् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund) — ‘having addressed/spoken to’
शिवःŚiva
शिवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular (subject)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then)
विष्णुम्Viṣṇu
विष्णुम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular
जगादspoke
जगाद:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगद् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd sg perfect ‘said/spoke’
सर्वामरवृन्दवन्द्यःworshipped by all the gods’ hosts
सर्वामरवृन्दवन्द्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अमर (प्रातिपदिक) + वृन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + वन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘worthy of worship by all groups of immortals’
Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, serene and majestic, bestows satisfaction upon assembled sages; then turns to address Brahmā and Viṣṇu in a dignified divine council, with devas standing in reverence.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
V
Viṣṇu
B
Brahmā
M
Munis (Munīndras)
D
Devas
K
Kāśī

FAQs

In the tīrtha’s presence, devotion ripens into fulfillment—Śiva is portrayed as the inner knower who completes sincere, long-held aspirations.

Kāśī, where the divine assembly and Śiva’s grace toward sages are narrated as part of the Muktimaṇḍapa account.

No explicit ritual instruction; the focus is on grace (anugraha) and divine discourse among Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva.

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