Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

दीप्ता नाम महाशक्तिः सांबादित्यसमीपगा । देदीप्यमान लक्ष्मीका जायंते तत्समर्चनात्

Transliteration

dīptā nāma mahāśaktiḥ sāṃbādityasamīpagā | dedīpyamāna lakṣmīkā jāyaṃte tatsamarcanāt

Translation

Il est une grande Śakti nommée Dīptā, demeurant près de Sāmbāditya. Par son culte accompli comme il se doit, naissent des prospérités et des splendeurs rayonnantes.

Word by Word

• दीप्ता: Dīptā (name)
• दीप्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-इति नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (indeclinable indicating appellation: ‘by name’)

• महाशक्तिः: great power (goddess)
• महाशक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महती शक्ति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साम्बादित्यसमीपगा: situated near Sāmbāditya
• साम्बादित्यसमीपगा: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साम्बादित्य + समीप + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (साम्बादित्यस्य समीपे गच्छति/वर्तते), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘दीप्ता/महाशक्तिः’)

• देदीप्यमान: shining, radiant
• देदीप्यमान: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देदीप्यमान (कृदन्त; √दीप् धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्/मानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present participle, middle/passive nuance), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रथमा बहुवचनरूपेण ‘लक्ष्मीकाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणार्थे (here used adjectivally: ‘shining’)

• लक्ष्मीकाः: prosperities, fortunes
• लक्ष्मीकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मीका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• जायन्ते: arise, are born
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• तत्: of that (her)
• तत्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (genitival relation) एकवचन; ‘तस्य’ अर्थे (of that/its)

• समर्चनात्: from proper worship
• समर्चनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (cause)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dīptā-Śakti near Sāmbāditya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Near a Sūrya shrine (Sāmbāditya), Devī Dīptā is worshipped with many lamps; the scene glows with golden light, suggesting prosperity as radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Dīptā (Mahāśakti)
• Sāmbāditya
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s localized Śakti-manifestations grant tangible blessings like prosperity when worshipped with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī Dīptā near the sacred spot associated with Sāmbāditya in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samarcana (proper worship) of the Śakti named Dīptā to gain shining prosperity (lakṣmī).