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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

संप्रधार्येति हृदये देवदेवेन शूलिना । प्रैषिष्ट प्रमथानां तु ततो गणचतुष्टयम्

Transliteration

saṃpradhāryeti hṛdaye devadevena śūlinā | praiṣiṣṭa pramathānāṃ tu tato gaṇacatuṣṭayam

Translation

Ayant ainsi arrêté sa décision en son cœur, le Dieu des dieux, le Porteur du Trident, dépêcha alors, parmi les Pramathas, un groupe de quatre.

Word by Word

संप्रधार्यhaving reflected

इतिthus

हृदयेin (his) heart

देवदेवेनby the god of gods

शूलिनाby the trident-bearer (Śiva)

प्रैषिष्ट(he) sent

प्रमथानाम्of the Pramathas

तुthen / but

ततःthereupon

गणचतुष्टयम्a group of four (gaṇas)

Speaker

Skanda (narration reporting Śiva’s act)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, the trident-bearer, after resolving in his heart, dispatches a quartet of gaṇas from among the Pramathas.

Characters & Entities

Śiva (Devadeva, Śūlin)

Pramathas

Gaṇacatuṣṭaya (four gaṇas)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sacred order is shown as divinely instituted: Śiva deliberately assigns his forces to uphold the dhāma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the Kāśī Māhātmya narrative framework; the immediate focus is the dispatch toward Kāśī rather than a single shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates Śiva’s inner resolve and the sending of attendants.