Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

युगपच्च त्वया शक्त्या साकं कालस्वरूपिणा । मयाऽद्य पुरुषेणैतत्क्षेत्रं चापि विनिर्मितम्

Transliteration

yugapacca tvayā śaktyā sākaṃ kālasvarūpiṇā | mayā'dya puruṣeṇaitatkṣetraṃ cāpi vinirmitam

Translation

Avec Toi, ô Śakti, et avec Celui dont la nature même est le Temps, moi—aujourd’hui en tant que Puruṣa—j’ai façonné aussi ce champ sacré (kṣetra).

Word by Word

• yugapat: simultaneously
• yugapat: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yugapat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): युगपत् (simultaneously)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/particle): च (and)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• śaktyā: with power/energy
• śaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• sākam: together with
• sākam: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sākam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (prepositional adverb): साकम् (together with)

• kāla-svarūpiṇā: with the one whose form is Time
• kāla-svarūpiṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: कालस्य स्वरूपः यस्य (having the form of Time)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• adya: now/today
• adya: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): अद्य (today/now)

• puruṣeṇa: as/with the Puruṣa (person)
• puruṣeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (this)

• kṣetram: field/realm
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च (and)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): अपि (also)

• vinirmitam: was fashioned/created
• vinirmitam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-nis-√mā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘(was) constructed/created’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Pañcakrośī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand cosmogonic scene: Puruṣa (Śiva-like) with Devī-Śakti and a personified Kāla (wheel/time aura) jointly shaping a luminous mandala-map of Kāśī, with the five-krośa boundary hinted as a radiant ring.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti
• Kāla (Time principle)
• Puruṣa
• Kṣetra (Avimukta/Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holy kṣetra is not accidental geography; it is a deliberate divine manifestation rooted in consciousness (Puruṣa), power (Śakti), and time (Kāla).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta-kṣetra of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as divinely ‘constructed’ for līlā and liberation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse provides the origin-story that underwrites pilgrimage merit.