Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

यज्ञोत्सवे विवाहे च मंगलेष्वखिलेष्वपि । राज्याभिषेक समये देवस्थापनकर्मणि

Transliteration

yajñotsave vivāhe ca maṃgaleṣvakhileṣvapi | rājyābhiṣeka samaye devasthāpanakarmaṇi

Translation

Lors de la fête du yajña, lors du mariage et, en vérité, en toutes les occasions fastes; au moment du sacre royal et dans le rite d’installation de la divinité…

Word by Word

• यज्ञोत्सवे: at a sacrificial festival
• यज्ञोत्सवे: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य उत्सवः)

• विवाहे: at a wedding
• विवाहे: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• मङ्गलेषु: in auspicious rites
• मङ्गलेषु: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अखिलेषु: in all
• अखिलेषु: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (मङ्गलेषु)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• राज्याभिषेकसमये: at the time of royal consecration
• राज्याभिषेकसमये: Adhikarana (Time/Occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य + अभिषेक + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (राज्यस्य अभिषेकः तस्य समयः)

• देवस्थापनकर्मणि: in the act of installing a deity
• देवस्थापनकर्मणि: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + स्थापना + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देवस्य स्थापना-रूपं कर्म)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-māhātmya (text as maṅgala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage-like ritual calendar: yajña pavilion with fire, wedding mandapa, royal abhiṣeka, and deity installation; in each, a reciter reads from a manuscript as priests and participants listen.

Characters & Entities

• Yajña
• Vivāha (marriage)
• Rājyābhiṣeka
• Deva-sthāpana (deity installation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred recitation and remembrance are to be integrated into major dharmic milestones and auspicious rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding Kāśīkhaṇḍa context centers Kāśī; this verse lists life-events where the Kāśī-related sacred text is to be recited.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It prescribes usage/recitation in contexts such as yajña celebrations, weddings, coronations, and deity-installation rites.