Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

केनकेन स वै नाम्ना काशिपुर्यां व्यवस्थितः । इति सर्वं समासेन कथयस्व षडानन

Transliteration

kenakena sa vai nāmnā kāśipuryāṃ vyavasthitaḥ | iti sarvaṃ samāsena kathayasva ṣaḍānana

Translation

Unter welchen Namen ist er wahrlich in Kāśīpuri eingesetzt? Berichte mir dies alles kurz, o Ṣaḍānana.

Word by Word

• केन: by which (name)
• केन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular; interrogative

• केन: by which (other)
• केन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular; repetition for distributive sense

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — particle (emphasis)

• नाम्ना: by (what) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• काशिपुर्याम्: in Kāśī-city
• काशिपुर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी + पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (काश्याः पुरी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

• व्यवस्थितः: is established / stationed
• व्यवस्थितः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular; predicate with ‘सः’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — quotative particle

• सर्वम्: all (this)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular

• समासेन: briefly / in summary
• समासेन: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular; adverbial usage

• कथयस्व: tell
• कथयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन — 2nd sg; परस्मैपद

• षडानन: O six-faced one (Kārttikeya)
• षडानन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षड् + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (षड् आननानि यस्य सः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — vocative singular

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Vināyaka-nāma-sthāna tradition)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṣaḍānana/Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya respectfully petitions Ṣaḍānana to enumerate Vināyaka’s names in Kāśī; a scroll unfurls showing a stylized map with labeled nodes (Vināyaka-sthānas) around the Gaṅgā curve.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśīpuri
• Ṣaḍānana (Skanda)
• Vināyaka (implied referent)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowing the divine names tied to a sacred place strengthens remembrance (smaraṇa) and place-based devotion (sthāla-bhakti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśīpuri (Vārāṇasī) is directly highlighted as the locale where the deity is established under many names.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it sets up a list/exposition of deity-names associated with Kāśī.