Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

कल्पे कल्पे सृजामीश त्वन्नियोगबलाद्विभो । त्यज मायामिमां देव दुस्तरामकृतात्मभिः

Transliteration

kalpe kalpe sṛjāmīśa tvanniyogabalādvibho | tyaja māyāmimāṃ deva dustarāmakṛtātmabhiḥ

Translation

«En cada kalpa, oh Señor, yo creo por la fuerza de tu mandato, oh Omnipresente. Abandona esta māyā, oh Dios, difícil de cruzar para quienes no se han dominado».

Word by Word

• कल्पे: in a kalpa
• कल्पे: अधिकरण (Locus/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• कल्पे: in each kalpa
• कल्पे: अधिकरण (Locus/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (distributive)

• सृजामि: I create
• सृजामि: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ईश: O Lord
• ईश: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• नियोगबलात्: from the force of (your) command
• नियोगबलात्: हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियोग (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (‘नियोगस्य बलम्’)

• विभो: O all-pervading one
• विभो: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• त्यज: abandon
• त्यज: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मायाम्: māyā
• मायाम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (to मायाम्)

• देव: O god
• देव: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• दुस्तराम्: hard to cross
• दुस्तराम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुस् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (to मायाम्); समास: कर्मधारय (‘दुस्तरा’ = difficult to cross)

• अकृतात्मभिः: by the undisciplined (people)
• अकृतात्मभिः: करण/सह (Instrument/Agentive association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकृतात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समास: बहुव्रीहि (‘अकृतः आत्मा येषाम्’ = undisciplined persons)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic creator acknowledges he creates each kalpa by the Lord’s command and begs the Lord to withdraw the veiling māyā that the unmastered cannot cross; mood is austere and liberation-oriented.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśa/Deva/Vibhu)
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation operates under the Supreme Lord’s will; māyā is overcome not by status but by inner discipline and divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī Khaṇḍa context glorifies Kāśī, but this verse itself is a metaphysical statement rather than a site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the implied practice is self-mastery and devotion as the means to cross māyā.