Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

इदानीं द्रौपदादित्यं कथयिष्यामि तेनघ । तथा द्रौपदआदित्यः संसेव्यो भक्तसिद्धिदः

Transliteration

idānīṃ draupadādityaṃ kathayiṣyāmi tenagha | tathā draupadaādityaḥ saṃsevyo bhaktasiddhidaḥ

Translation

À présent, ô sans faute, je vais décrire Draupadāditya. Ainsi Draupadāditya doit être honoré et servi avec assiduité, car il accorde l’accomplissement spirituel aux dévots.

Word by Word

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Desha-Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• द्रौपदादित्यम्: Draupadāditya
• द्रौपदादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपद + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—द्रौपदस्य आदित्यः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• कथयिष्यामि: I shall narrate
• कथयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु, णिजन्त)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• द्रौपदादित्यः: Draupadāditya
• द्रौपदादित्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपद + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—द्रौपदस्य आदित्यः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• संसेव्यः: to be served; worthy of service
• संसेव्यः: Vidhaya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + सेव् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: विधेय-विशेषण; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory: ‘to be served’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भक्तसिद्धिदः: giver of success to devotees
• भक्तसिद्धिदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्त + सिद्धि + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—भक्तानां सिद्धिं ददाति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Draupadāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as 'anagha' (sinless one)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Āditya shrine named for Draupadī; devotees offer arghya with copper vessel; the narrator transitions from Sāmbāditya to Draupadāditya, indicating a sequence of sacred solar stations in Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Draupadāditya
• Āditya (Sun deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service (sevanā) to the sacred form of Āditya in Kāśī is portrayed as a direct cause of bhakta-siddhi (devotee’s spiritual fulfillment).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Draupadāditya in Kāśī, introduced as a worship-worthy sacred presence within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General prescription of worship/attendance (saṃsevanā) to Draupadāditya; no specific items (snāna, dāna, japa) are detailed in this verse.