Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

यावत्संपत्तिसंभारो दिक्पालानां गृहेषु वै । मत्परिग्रहतां प्राप्य तावतस्त्वमिहेश्वरी

Transliteration

yāvatsaṃpattisaṃbhāro dikpālānāṃ gṛheṣu vai | matparigrahatāṃ prāpya tāvatastvamiheśvarī

Translation

Aussi longtemps que dureront les splendeurs amassées dans les demeures des Gardiens des Directions, ayant obtenu l’état d’être sous ma protection, d’autant de temps tu seras ici une dame souveraine.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as much as / as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb: ‘as long as/so much as’)

• सम्पत्ति-सम्भारः: the collection of wealth/prosperity
• सम्पत्ति-सम्भारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘सम्पत्तेः सम्भारः’

• दिक्पालानाम्: of the guardians of the directions
• दिक्पालानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘दिशां पालाः’

• गृहेषु: in the houses
• गृहेषु: Adhikarana (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• मत्-परिग्रह-ताम्: the state of being my consort/possession
• मत्-परिग्रह-ताम्: Karma (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + ता (प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘मत्परिग्रह’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘मम परिग्रहः’) + ता (भाववाचक) = ‘being my consort/possession’

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having obtained’

• तावतः: so much / that much
• तावतः: Visheshana (quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक (correlative: ‘so much/that much’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (context/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ईश्वरी: O goddess / mistress
• ईश्वरी: Sambodhana (address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि (vocative sense possible)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not shown in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: the eight Dikpālas in their jeweled abodes (Indra, Agni, Yama, Nirṛti, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Kubera, Īśāna) shown as distant panels, while the central figure is sheltered beneath a divine canopy signifying ‘my protection,’ receiving a crown or insignia of sovereignty.

Characters & Entities

• Dikpāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine ‘acceptance/protection’ (parigraha) is presented as the basis for lasting dignity and authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting implies Kāśī’s sacred economy of merit, though no single tīrtha-name appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit practice is stated; the verse emphasizes the duration and grandeur of the promised fruit.