Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

दिव्यांतरिक्षभौमानि यानि तीर्थानि सर्वतः । तान्यत्र निवसिष्यंति दर्शे सोमदिनान्विते

Transliteration

divyāṃtarikṣabhaumāni yāni tīrthāni sarvataḥ | tānyatra nivasiṣyaṃti darśe somadinānvite

Translation

Quels que soient les gués sacrés (tīrthas) existant partout—célestes, de l’espace et de la terre—ils demeureront ici, surtout lors de l’observance de la nouvelle lune jointe au lundi—proclamant alors la convergence de tout mérite de pèlerinage en Kāśī.

Word by Word

• divya-antarikṣa-bhaumāni: divine, celestial and earthly
• divya-antarikṣa-bhaumāni: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + antarikṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhauma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (antarikṣa-bhauma) ततः कर्मधारय-भावः (divyāni) ; विशेषणम् (tīrthāni)

• yāni: which
• yāni: Karta (कर्ता/Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• tīrthāni: pilgrimage places
• tīrthāni: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sarvataḥ: from everywhere; on all sides
• sarvataḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• tāni: those
• tāni: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; अत्र कर्तृरूपे (subject of nivasiṣyanti)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• nivasiṣyanti: will reside
• nivasiṣyanti: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + √vas (निवासे धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; उपसर्गः—नि

• darśe: on the new-moon day (darśa)
• darśe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• soma-dina-anvite: accompanied by Soma-day (Monday)
• soma-dina-anvite: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (somadina = somasya dinaṃ / somavāra-dina); anvite = 'endowed/connected with'; विशेषणम् (darśe)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from narrative continuity in Adhyāya 12)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Sarva-tīrtha-sanniveśa at Amāvāsyā-Somavāra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/saints (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mystical map-like vision: innumerable tīrthas—celestial, aerial, and earthly—personified as radiant streams and deities entering and ‘taking residence’ in Kāśī on a dark-moon Monday; the Gaṅgā and temples glow under a moonless sky.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrthas (all)
• Amāvasyā (darśa)
• Somavāra (Monday)
• Kāśī (implied by section context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is portrayed as a supreme convergence-point where the merit of all tīrthas can be accessed, especially on sacred calendrical junctions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, described as hosting (symbolically) all tīrthas from every realm.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance/visit on darśa (Amāvasyā) when it coincides with Somavāra (Monday), a time singled out for intensified tīrtha-presence.