Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

महा सुकृतसंभारैरुत्तमश्चोत्तमोदरे । उवास तस्याः पुण्या या नृपसिंहासनोचितः

Transliteration

mahā sukṛtasaṃbhārairuttamaścottamodare | uvāsa tasyāḥ puṇyā yā nṛpasiṃhāsanocitaḥ

Translation

Avec d’immenses réserves de bonnes œuvres, la plus haute fortune s’est établie en son noble lot—elle dont le mérite est vraiment digne du trône du roi.

Word by Word

• महा: great
• महा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सुकृतसंभारैः: with accumulations of good deeds/merit
• सुकृतसंभारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-कृत-संभार (प्रातिपदिक); सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + कृत (कृदन्त) + संभार (संज्ञा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• उत्तमः: excellent / best
• उत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उत्तमोदरे: in the excellent womb
• उत्तमोदरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तम-उदर (प्रातिपदिक); उत्तम (विशेषण) + उदर (संज्ञा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• उवास: dwelt / lived
• उवास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुण्या: virtuous / holy
• पुण्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• या: who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• नृपसिंहासनोचितः: fit for a king’s throne
• नृपसिंहासनोचितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृप-सिंहासन-उचित (प्रातिपदिक); नृप (संज्ञा) + सिंहासन (संज्ञा) + उचित (कृदन्त/विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sunīti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified queen/royal lady portrayed with an aura of auspiciousness; symbolic motifs of merit—lotus, conch, lamp—suggest her ‘throne-worthy’ puṇya.

Characters & Entities

• Sunīti
• Surucī (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great worldly prosperity is portrayed as the fruit of accumulated sukṛta (merit), reinforcing karmic causality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader sacred narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is listed; the verse points generally toward accruing merit through dharmic actions.