Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

तद्भूमित्रसरेणूनां संख्यया युगमानया । महेंद्र चंद्रलोकेषु भुक्त्वा भोगान्मनःप्रियान्

Transliteration

tadbhūmitrasareṇūnāṃ saṃkhyayā yugamānayā | maheṃdra caṃdralokeṣu bhuktvā bhogānmanaḥpriyān

Translation

Pendant des âges comptés selon le nombre des grains de poussière de cette terre sacrée, on jouit de plaisirs chers au cœur dans les mondes de Mahendra (Indra) et de la Lune.

Word by Word

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (genitival)

• भूमि: earth/ground
• भूमि: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• त्रस: trembling/shaking
• त्रस: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• रेणूनाम्: of the dust-particles (of the trembling earth)
• रेणूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: reṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; समासः: तत्-भूमि-त्रस-रेणु (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध)

• संख्यया: by the number
• संख्यया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• युगमानया: measuring in yugas
• युगमानया: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yugamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (संख्यायाः)

• महेंद्र: O Mahendra (Indra)
• महेंद्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahendra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; संबोधन/प्रथमा-प्रयोग (contextual)

• चंद्रलोकेषु: in the lunar worlds
• चंद्रलोकेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra-loka (प्रातिपदिक; चन्द्र + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; समासः: चन्द्रस्य लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया; धातु: भुज् (to enjoy/eat)

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म (object)

• मनःप्रियान्: dear to the mind
• मनःप्रियान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manaḥ-priya (प्रातिपदिक; मनस् + प्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (भोगान्); समासः: मनसः प्रियः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim kneels and touches the dust of Kāśī’s lanes/ghāṭ steps; the dust rises as a luminous aura transforming into celestial chariots carrying the soul to Indra’s and Soma’s realms.

Characters & Entities

• Mahendra (Indra)
• Candra
• Kāśī (context)
• Gaṅgā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even contact with the sacred kṣetra is portrayed as storing vast merit that yields long-lasting celestial results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘that ground’ refers to the praised sacred landscape of Kāśī and its Gaṅgā-connected kṣetra in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified here; it emphasizes the phala (result) tied to the sanctity of the kṣetra’s very dust.