Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

दिवानिशं पूजनार्थं विज्ञाप्य त्रिदशेश्वरम् । पञ्चमुद्रे महापीठे सिद्धिदे सर्वजंतुषु

Transliteration

divāniśaṃ pūjanārthaṃ vijñāpya tridaśeśvaram | pañcamudre mahāpīṭhe siddhide sarvajaṃtuṣu

Translation

Jour et nuit, après avoir sollicité la permission d’adorer auprès du Seigneur des dieux, (qu’on rende le culte) au grand siège nommé Pañcamudrā, dispensateur de siddhis à tous les êtres.

Word by Word

• दिवा: by day
• दिवा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (by day)

• निशम्: at night
• निशम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (as an adverbial accusative: at night)

• पूजनार्थम्: for the purpose of worship
• पूजनार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष/प्रयोजनवाचक (pūjanāya artham), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• विज्ञाप्य: having informed
• विज्ञाप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि+ज्ञा (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having informed

• त्रिदशेश्वरम्: the lord of the gods
• त्रिदशेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tridaśānām īśvaraḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पञ्चमुद्रे: in/at the five mudrās (five seals/gestures)
• पञ्चमुद्रे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + मुद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (pañca mudrāḥ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• महापीठे: on the great seat/pedestal
• महापीठे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (mahā ca tat pīṭham), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सिद्धिदे: in/at the giver of siddhi (bestower of success)
• सिद्धिदे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (siddhiṃ dadāti iti), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; (सम्बोधन/सप्तमी-स्थाने)

• सर्वजंतुषु: among all beings
• सर्वजंतुषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (sarve ca te jantavaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcamudrā Mahāpīṭha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at night and day approaches a sanctified seat (pīṭha) named Pañcamudrā, hands in ritual mudrā, after invoking/asking leave from the Lord of the gods; the pīṭha radiates siddhi-bestowing light to all beings.

Characters & Entities

• Tridaśeśvara
• Pañcamudrā
• Mahāpīṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Continuous devotion, performed with reverence and due permission, bears siddhi when done at a praised sacred seat.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahāpīṭha named Pañcamudrā (a sacred seat within Kāśī’s sanctified geography).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā performed day and night, preceded by ‘vijñāpana’—formally seeking leave/acknowledging the deity’s authority.