Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

जय सृष्टिकृतां वंद्य जय स्थितिकृतानत । जय संहृतिकृत्स्तुत्य जयसत्कर्मसिद्धिद

Transliteration

jaya sṛṣṭikṛtāṃ vaṃdya jaya sthitikṛtānata | jaya saṃhṛtikṛtstutya jayasatkarmasiddhida

Translation

Victory to You—revered by the powers of creation; victory to You—bowed to by the powers of preservation. Victory to You—praised by the powers of dissolution; victory to You, bestower of the accomplishment of righteous deeds.

Word by Word

• जय: hail! victory to
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधनार्थे जय-शब्दः (victory/ hail as an exclamation)

• सृष्टि-कृताम्: (you who are) creators of creation
• सृष्टि-कृताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत् (कृ धातु, क्तिन्/कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (accusative plural); ‘सृष्टिं कुर्वन्ति’ इति (creators of creation)

• वन्द्य: worthy of worship
• वन्द्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्द् (धातु) + यत् (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: विशेषण; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive); प्रथमा-एकवचन (as vocative/nominative used in address)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधनार्थे

• स्थिति-कृत: maker of sustenance
• स्थिति-कृत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिति (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत् (कृ धातु, क्तिन्/कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (addressed); ‘स्थितिं करोति’ (one who causes sustenance)

• अनत: bowed to; saluted
• अनत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नम् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: विशेषण; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); प्रथमा-एकवचन (in address)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधनार्थे

• संहृति-कृत: maker of dissolution
• संहृति-कृत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहृति (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत् (कृ धातु, क्तिन्/कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (addressed); ‘संहृतिं करोति’ (one who causes dissolution)

• स्तुत्य: praiseworthy
• स्तुत्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + यत् (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: विशेषण; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive); प्रथमा-एकवचन (in address)

• जय: hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधनार्थे

• सत्-कर्म-सिद्धि-द: giver of success in good deeds
• सत्-कर्म-सिद्धि-द: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (दा धातु, कृत्-प्रत्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (addressed); ‘सत्कर्मणां सिद्धिं ददाति’ (giver of success of good deeds)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers a victory-hymn to the supreme Lord who is saluted by the powers of creation, preservation, and dissolution; the cosmic triad appears as attendants around the deity, while the Gaṅgā and ghāṭas form the sacred backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Vighneśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All sacred undertakings succeed when begun with reverence to Gaṇeśa, the giver of siddhi for dhārmic actions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider context is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa, where devotion to Gaṇeśa supports successful pilgrimage and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; it functions as a maṅgala-stuti (invocatory praise) to be recited before dhārmic acts.