Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

तेजिरे भेजिरे सर्वे रत्नार्चिः परिसेविते । विजितामोदसंदोहे सुरानोकहसौरभैः । राज्ञः शतशलाकस्थच्छत्रस्यच्छाययाशुभे

Transliteration

tejire bhejire sarve ratnārciḥ parisevite | vijitāmodasaṃdohe surānokahasaurabhaiḥ | rājñaḥ śataśalākasthacchatrasyacchāyayāśubhe

Translation

All of them shone forth and took their places amid the radiance of jewels and glittering adornments. In the auspicious shade of the king’s parasol—set upon a hundred rods—whose fragrance surpassed even the scent of celestial trees, they stood delighted.

Word by Word

• तेजिरे: shone/sparkled
• तेजिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तिज्/तेज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• भेजिरे: resorted to/occupied
• भेजिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• रत्नार्चिः: jewel-radiance
• रत्नार्चिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (रत्नानाम् अर्चिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अर्चिस्), प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणवत् (qualifying parisevite)

• परिसेविते: in (a place) attended/served
• परिसेविते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-सेव् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (context: अधिकरण)

• विजितामोदसंदोहे: in (a place) whose mass of fragrance was surpassed
• विजितामोदसंदोहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + आमोद (प्रातिपदिक) + संदोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विजितः आमोद-संदोहः यस्मिन्); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• सुरानोकहसौरभैः: by the fragrances of the gods’ trees
• सुरानोकहसौरभैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + अनोकह (प्रातिपदिक) + सौरभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुराणाम् अनोकहाः; तेषां सौरभैः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• शतशलाकस्थच्छत्रस्य: of the umbrella mounted on a hundred spokes/rods
• शतशलाकस्थच्छत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + शलाका (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + छत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of the umbrella fixed on/with a hundred rods’

• छायया: by the shade
• छायया: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छाया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अशुभे: in the auspicious/pleasant (place)
• अशुभे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied स्थान)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant assembly: people adorned, jewels glittering; an immense white parasol on a tall staff (hundred-rod imagery) casts cool auspicious shade, perfumed beyond celestial trees; faces bright with delight.

Characters & Entities

• King
• royal parasol (chatra)
• celestial trees (surānokaha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Splendor and authority, when aligned with dharma, become auspicious and elevating rather than merely worldly display.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s glorification of Kāśī’s sacred milieu; no specific tīrtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive praise of an auspicious royal setting.