Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

सर्वार्थानामत्रदात्री भवानी सर्वान्कामान्पूरयेदत्र ढुंढिः । सर्वाञ्जंतून्मोचयेदंतकाले विश्वेशोत्रश्रोत्रमंत्रोपदेशात्

Transliteration

sarvārthānāmatradātrī bhavānī sarvānkāmānpūrayedatra ḍhuṃḍhiḥ | sarvāñjaṃtūnmocayedaṃtakāle viśveśotraśrotramaṃtropadeśāt

Translation

Ici, Bhavānī accorde toute prospérité ; ici, Ḍhuṃḍhi accomplit tous les désirs. Et ici, à l’ultime instant, Viśveśvara délivre tous les êtres en déposant dans l’oreille le mantra qui sauve.

Word by Word

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural) — समासाङ्ग

• अर्थानाम्: of aims/wealths
• अर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• दात्री: giver
• दात्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दा (धातु) + तृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: तृ-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Agent noun; Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• भवानी: Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• भवानी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• पूरयेत्: would/should fulfill
• पूरयेत्: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरय् (धातु, णिजन्त from पूर्/पॄ)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Optative; 3rd person singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ढुंढिः: Ḍhuṃḍhi (a form/name of Gaṇeśa)
• ढुंढिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ढुंढि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• जन्तून्: creatures/beings
• जन्तून्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• मोचयेत्: would/should liberate
• मोचयेत्: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Optative; 3rd person singular)

• अन्तकाले: at the final time (time of death)
• अन्तकाले: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (अन्ते कालः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• विश्वेश: of Viśveśa (Śiva)
• विश्वेश: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular) — समासाङ्ग

• उत्र: (uncertain; part of compound)
• उत्र: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Neuter, Genitive, Singular) — समासाङ्ग; पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-रूप (uncertain lexeme)

• श्रोत्र: ear
• श्रोत्र: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Neuter, Genitive, Singular) — समासाङ्ग

• मन्त्र: mantra
• मन्त्र: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular) — समासाङ्ग

• उपदेशात्: from (the) instruction/teaching
• उपदेशात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī / Viśveśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tripartite Kāśī grace: Bhavānī enthroned bestowing boons, Ḍhuṃḍhi Gaṇeśa granting desires, and Viśveśvara leaning to whisper the saving mantra into a dying devotee’s ear, with the Ganga and cremation-ghāṭa atmosphere subtly present.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Bhavānī
• Ḍhuṃḍhi
• Viśveśvara
• Tāraka-mantra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is portrayed as uniquely complete: it grants worldly aims through the Goddess and Gaṇeśa, and final liberation through Śiva’s death-time mantra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), especially the sphere of Viśveśvara, where the ear-whispered mantra at death is celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The teaching of the mantra into the ear (śrotra-mantra-upadeśa) at the time of death—associated with Viśveśvara’s grace in Kāśī.