Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

मंडपः कल्पवल्लीनां मनोरथफलैरलम् । फलितः काशिकाख्योयं संसाराध्वजुषां सदा

Transliteration

maṃḍapaḥ kalpavallīnāṃ manorathaphalairalam | phalitaḥ kāśikākhyoyaṃ saṃsārādhvajuṣāṃ sadā

Translation

Cette Kāśikā, toujours pour ceux qui cheminent sur la route du saṃsāra, est tel un pavillon de lianes exauçant les vœux, abondamment chargé des fruits des désirs du cœur.

Word by Word

• मण्डपः: pavilion, hall
• मण्डपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कल्प-वल्लीनाम्: of wish-fulfilling creepers
• कल्प-वल्लीनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + वल्ली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कल्पवृक्षवत् फलदायिन्यः वल्ल्यः)

• मनोरथ-फलैः: with the fruits of desires
• मनोरथ-फलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मनोरथानां फलानि)

• अलम्: abundantly, sufficiently
• अलम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पर्याप्त्यर्थे (enough/abundantly), क्रियाविशेषण

• फलितः: fruitful, bearing fruit
• फलितः: Predicate adjective (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फलित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √फल्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• काशिका-आख्यः: named ‘Kāśikā’
• काशिका-आख्यः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काशिका (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √ख्या)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (काशिका इति आख्यः)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संसार-अध्व-जुषाम्: of those who tread the path of saṃsāra
• संसार-अध्व-जुषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जुष् (धातु) → जुष् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: जुष्-शतृ/शानच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (संसारस्य अध्वानं जुषन्ति ये)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced; continuing Kāśī self-glorification in first-person sequence nearby)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśikā (as Kalpavallī-maṇḍapa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/ṛṣis in the Kāśī-māhātmya narrative stream

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand pavilion woven of flowering wish-creepers, each vine bearing fruits labeled as dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa; pilgrims enter from a dusty road of saṃsāra and receive blessings under Kāśī’s shelter.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśikā (Kāśī)
• Kalpavallī (wish-fulfilling creeper; metaphor)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī compassionately supports beings in worldly struggle, granting both legitimate aspirations and higher spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśikā/Kāśī, praised as uniquely beneficent to pilgrims and residents.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse functions as a mahatmya-stuti encouraging pilgrimage/residence and devotion.