Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

संति स्वर्गा बहुविधाः सुखेतर विवर्जिता । सुकृतैकफलाः सर्वे युक्ताः सर्वसमृद्धिभिः

Transliteration

saṃti svargā bahuvidhāḥ sukhetara vivarjitā | sukṛtaikaphalāḥ sarve yuktāḥ sarvasamṛddhibhiḥ

Translation

There are many kinds of heavens, free from any admixture of sorrow; all are the single fruit of merit and are endowed with every prosperity.

Word by Word

• सन्ति: are/exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• स्वर्गाः: heavens
• स्वर्गाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• बहुविधाः: of many kinds
• बहुविधाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (स्वर्गाः)

• सुखेतर-विवर्जिताः: devoid of anything other than pleasure (free from pain)
• सुखेतर-विवर्जिताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + इतर (प्रातिपदिक) + वि + वर्ज् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; विशेषण (स्वर्गाः)

• सुकृत-एक-फलाः: having the single fruit of merit
• सुकृत-एक-फलाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (स्वर्गाः/सर्वे)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (स्वर्गाः)

• युक्ताः: endowed/connected
• युक्ताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• सर्व-समृद्धिभिः: with all prosperities
• सर्व-समृद्धिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; करण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svarga (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly of diverse svargas: jeweled palaces, wish-fulfilling trees, serene beings enjoying unalloyed happiness; the idea of 'many heavens' shown as layered luminous realms.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Heavenly enjoyment is a merit-born result; it is pleasurable and prosperous, yet still a product of karma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; it provides cosmological context within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not directly; it implies that sukṛta (merit) arises from dharmic acts such as dāna, vrata, and tapas.