Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

सर्वासामिह बुद्धीनां धर्मबुद्धिर्भवानज । अश्वत्थः सर्ववृक्षेषु सोमवल्ली लतासु च

Transliteration

sarvāsāmiha buddhīnāṃ dharmabuddhirbhavānaja | aśvatthaḥ sarvavṛkṣeṣu somavallī latāsu ca

Translation

De toutes les intelligences ici, tu es l’intelligence du dharma, ô Inengendré. Parmi tous les arbres, tu es l’Aśvattha ; et parmi les lianes, tu es la liane de Soma.

Word by Word

• सर्वासाम्: of all
• सर्वासाम्: Genitive relation (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• बुद्धीनाम्: of intellects/minds
• बुद्धीनाम्: Genitive relation (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• धर्मबुद्धिः: righteous understanding
• धर्मबुद्धिः: Predicate nominative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मस्य बुद्धिः)

• भवान्: you (honored one)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनामवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आदरार्थे

• अज: O unborn one
• अज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• अश्वत्थः: the aśvattha (sacred fig)
• अश्वत्थः: Predicate nominative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्ववृक्षेषु: among all trees
• सर्ववृक्षेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (सर्वे वृक्षाः)

• सोमवल्ली: the soma-creeper
• सोमवल्ली: Predicate nominative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + वल्ली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य वल्ली)

• लतासु: among creepers/vines
• लतासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Under a venerable aśvattha tree near a Kāśī lane, a devotee contemplates dharma; above, the Lord is envisioned as the essence of dharma-intelligence and as soma-rasa flowing like moonlight.

Characters & Entities

• Aja (Unborn)
• Aśvattha
• Soma-vallī
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharmic intelligence is a divine gift; the Lord is present as the sanctity within revered symbols of nature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where the Lord is celebrated as the source of dharma and sacredness in all forms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; sacred tree and Soma imagery imply worship through revered natural emblems used in Vedic-Purāṇic rites.