Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

पश्येयं त्वामहं नित्यमुपविष्टं सुनिश्चलम् । श्रुतो भविष्यति तव प्रासादो येन कारितः

Transliteration

paśyeyaṃ tvāmahaṃ nityamupaviṣṭaṃ suniścalam | śruto bhaviṣyati tava prāsādo yena kāritaḥ

Translation

«Puissé-je te contempler sans cesse, assis dans une immobilité parfaite. Et le palais que tu as fait bâtir deviendra renommé.»

Word by Word

• पश्येयम्: may I see
• पश्येयम्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘may I see’

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• उपविष्टम्: seated
• उपविष्टम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√viś (धातु) + क्त
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘seated’ (agreeing with त्वाम्)

• सुनिश्चलम्: very steady; unmoving
• सुनिश्चलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + niścal(a) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; सु-उपसर्गपूर्वक विशेषण; कर्मधारयवत् (सु + निश्चल)

• श्रुतः: will be heard/known
• श्रुतः: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) + क्त
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘heard/known’ (predicate with प्रासादः)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• प्रासादः: palace; mansion
• प्रासादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• येन: by whom; by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• कारितः: built; caused to be made
• कारितः: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त
• Form: णिजन्त-भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (causative PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘caused to be made/built’

Speaker

Narapati (King) (deduced from dialogue flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic blesses the king: the king beholds him seated unmoving in meditation; behind them rises a newly built palace/structure, with Kāśī’s skyline and ghats suggested.

Characters & Entities

• Narapati (King)
• Jaṭādhara (Ascetic)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring a realized ascetic and serving dharma brings enduring merit and good repute.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred setting, where acts connected to Śiva and holy persons gain special sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is stated; the verse highlights reverent association (darśana) and dharmic patronage (building/commissioning).