Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

किं बहूक्तेन देह्याज्ञां ममासाध्यं न किंचन । त्वत्पादबलमासाद्य कृतं विद्ध्यद्यचिंतितम्

Transliteration

kiṃ bahūktena dehyājñāṃ mamāsādhyaṃ na kiṃcana | tvatpādabalamāsādya kṛtaṃ viddhyadyaciṃtitam

Translation

Why speak at length? Give the command—nothing is impossible for me. Having taken refuge in the power of your feet, know that today even the unthinkable stands accomplished.

Word by Word

• किम्: what (need)
• किम्: Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative used adverbially: 'what?')

• बहूक्तेन: with much talk
• बहूक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु + उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (बहु उक्तम्)

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• आज्ञाम्: command
• आज्ञाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• मम: for me / my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• असाध्यम्: impossible
• असाध्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + साध्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (to किंचन)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• किंचन: anything
• किंचन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित (anything)

• त्वत्-पाद-बलम्: the power of your feet
• त्वत्-पाद-बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम) + पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वत्पादस्य बलम्)

• आसाद्य: having attained
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): 'having reached/obtained'

• कृतम्: (it is) done
• कृतम्: Karta/Predicate nominal
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• विद्धि: know
• विद्धि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अचिन्तितम्: unimagined / unthought-of
• अचिन्तितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + चिन्तित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); विशेषण (to कृतम्)

Speaker

Same speaker; emphasizes reliance on the Lord’s feet (pāda-bala)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful figure, now softened by devotion, asks for the Lord’s command; he touches or bows toward Śiva’s feet, while the battlefield energy subsides into a focused aura of surrender.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Refuge in the Lord’s feet transforms human limitation; surrender (śaraṇāgati) is presented as the source of true capability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is devotional rather than topographical; it sits within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s larger praise of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.