Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तत्किं यत्त्वयि भूजानौ सर्वदेवमयो ह्यसि । तस्मात्तव शुभोदर्को मया ज्ञातोस्ति तत्त्वतः

Transliteration

tatkiṃ yattvayi bhūjānau sarvadevamayo hyasi | tasmāttava śubhodarko mayā jñātosti tattvataḥ

Translation

Was wäre daran verwunderlich, da du wahrhaft aus allen Göttern bestehst? Darum habe ich in ihrem eigentlichen Wesen dein glückverheißendes Emporsteigen und seinen Ausgang erkannt.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma/Topic (contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (contextual)

• kim: what?
• kim: Prashna (Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• yat: which, that which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• tvayi: in you
• tvayi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhū-jānau: being present/manifest (dual)
• bhū-jānau: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhū (धातु) + jāna (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-सम्भव) अर्थे ‘being/producing’ (context: ‘arising/being present’)

• sarva-deva-mayaḥ: consisting of all gods
• sarva-deva-mayaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (sarvaiḥ devaiḥ mayaḥ = consisting of all gods)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: emphasis/causal)

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/तस्मात्-प्रयोगः; अपादानार्थक अव्यय (ablative sense: ‘therefore/from that’)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śubha-udarkaḥ: auspicious result
• śubha-udarkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + udarka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (śubhaḥ udarkaḥ = auspicious outcome/result)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jñātaḥ: known, ascertained
• jñātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘known’

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tattvataḥ: in reality, truly
• tattvataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb) = ‘in truth/essentially’

Speaker

Skanda (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpa (king) addressed by the speaker

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm court/assembly in Kāśī: a speaker addresses a king, concluding a stuti with philosophical certainty; the deity’s presence is implied as a radiant linga or subtle halo, while the king’s expression shifts from wonder to serene understanding.

Characters & Entities

• All Devas (Sarvadeva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is embodied, the divine becomes manifest through a person’s conduct, leading to auspicious outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the verse belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader glorification of dharmic excellence associated with Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.