Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यथा च देवदेवेन सर्वज्ञेन निवेदितम् । जगन्मातुः पुरस्ताच्च तथैव कथयामि ते

Transliteration

yathā ca devadevena sarvajñena niveditam | jaganmātuḥ purastācca tathaiva kathayāmi te

Translation

Comme l’a exposé le Deva des devas, l’Omniscient, en présence de la Mère de l’univers, ainsi te le raconterai-je.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/उपमानार्थ-क्रियाविशेषण), 'as/just as'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक निपात), 'and'

• देवदेवेन: by the God of gods
• देवदेवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (देवः एव देवः)

• सर्वज्ञेन: by the omniscient (one)
• सर्वज्ञेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देवदेवस्य)

• निवेदितम्: was declared
• निवेदितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'having been reported/declared'

• जगन्मातुः: of the Mother of the world
• जगन्मातुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः माता)

• पुरस्तात्: formerly / in front
• पुरस्तात्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण), 'before/in front/previously'

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

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तुल्यतार्थ-क्रियाविशेषण), 'so/thus'

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण-निपात), 'indeed/just'

• कथयामि: I tell
• कथयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; 'I tell'

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी (2nd/कर्म or 4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; अत्र सम्प्रदानार्थे (to you)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A questioning sage/audience (ṛṣi-saṅgha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn teaching scene: Devadeva (Śiva) having spoken before Jagadambā (Pārvatī), and the present narrator reverently repeating the same to the listener; a narrative ‘handover’ moment with gestures of anuvāda (faithful retelling).

Characters & Entities

• Devadeva (Śiva)
• Jaganmātā (Pārvatī)
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge of Kāśī is portrayed as revelation from Śiva, transmitted faithfully—supporting the Mahātmya’s doctrinal authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī/Avimukta, as the subject of Śiva’s divine explanation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a pledge of faithful narration.