Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां हृदयानंद शर्वसर्वगसर्वकृत् । यदि देयो वरो मह्यं स्वभावादृषदात्मने

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ hṛdayānaṃda śarvasarvagasarvakṛt | yadi deyo varo mahyaṃ svabhāvādṛṣadātmane

Translation

“O joy of all hearts—O Śarva, all-pervading, the doer of all—if a boon is to be granted to me, whose nature is inert as stone…”

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• hṛdaya-ānanda: O joy of (everyone’s) heart
• hṛdaya-ānanda: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी) ‘हृदयस्य आनन्दः’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• śarva-sarva-ga-sarva-kṛt: O Śarva, all-pervading, doer of all
• śarva-sarva-ga-sarva-kṛt: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक) + sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √gam) + sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛt (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √kṛ)
• Form: बहुपद-समास (तत्पुरुष-प्रधान): ‘शर्वः, सर्वगः, सर्वकृत्’ इत्यर्थसमाहारः; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-निपात (conditional conjunction)

• deyaḥ: is to be given
• deyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √dā)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective) ‘देयः’ = to be given

• varaḥ: a boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mahyam: to me
• mahyam: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• svabhāva: from (your) nature
• svabhāva: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (स्वभावात्)

• adṛṣada-ātmane: to (you) whose self is unseen/imperceptible
• adṛṣada-ātmane: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adṛṣada (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय ‘अदृशदः आत्मा यस्य/अदृशदात्मा’ इति; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (आत्मने)

Speaker

Adri (the Mountain) addressing Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (addressed); implied frame-audience sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Mountain praises Śiva as the joy within all hearts and the all-pervading doer, confessing its own inert stony nature while requesting a boon.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śarva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even one who feels unworthy or ‘inert’ can seek divine grace; Śiva is praised as the inner joy and all-pervading doer.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to Kāśī/Avimukta Māhātmya, where boons and divine presence are tied to the sacred geography of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a devotional preface to requesting a boon.