Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

चांडाल उवाच । यावदस्ति मयानीतं विश्वेशप्रीतये वसु । तावत्तुभ्यं प्रदास्यामि विश्वेशस्त्वं यतो मम

Transliteration

cāṃḍāla uvāca | yāvadasti mayānītaṃ viśveśaprītaye vasu | tāvattubhyaṃ pradāsyāmi viśveśastvaṃ yato mama

Translation

Der Caṇḍāla sprach: „Welche Habe ich auch immer zur Freude Viśveśas herbeigebracht habe, ebendiese werde ich dir geben; denn du bist mein Viśveśa, wahrhaft mein Herr.“

Word by Word

• चाण्डालः: the Caṇḍāla
• चाण्डालः: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाण्डाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यावत्: as much as
• यावत्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/extent)

• अस्ति: there is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• आनीतम्: brought
• आनीतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘brought’ (वसु इति विशेष्ये)

• विश्वेश-प्रीतये: for the pleasure of Viśveśa
• विश्वेश-प्रीतये: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वेश (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विश्वेशस्य प्रीति:)

• वसु: wealth; valuables
• वसु: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तावत्: that much
• तावत्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तावत् = ‘so much/that much’)

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• प्रदास्यामि: I shall give
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विश्वेशः: Viśveśa (Lord of the universe)
• विश्वेशः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Pratipādya (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यतः: since; because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतुवाचक/causal: ‘because/since’)

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

Speaker

Caṇḍāla

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara-kṣetra (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Caṇḍāla devotee speaks with intense devotion, offering all he brought for Viśveśa; he addresses the recipient as ‘my Viśveśa’, collapsing distance between deity and devotee-served saint.

Characters & Entities

• Viśveśa (Śiva of Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) to Viśveśa sanctifies charity, and true reverence recognizes the divine in the worthy recipient.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), through direct invocation of Viśveśa, the city’s presiding Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna offered with the explicit intention of pleasing Viśveśa—charity as an act of worship.