Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

दिवोदासे नरपतौ विष्णुनोच्चाटिते सति । पुनर्नवीकृतायां च नगर्यां विश्वकर्मणा

Transliteration

divodāse narapatau viṣṇunoccāṭite sati | punarnavīkṛtāyāṃ ca nagaryāṃ viśvakarmaṇā

Translation

Lorsque le roi Divodāsa eut été chassé par Viṣṇu, et lorsque la cité fut de nouveau rénovée par Viśvakarman,

Word by Word

• दिवोदासे: in/when (king) Divodāsa
• दिवोदासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवोदास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

• नरपतौ: in the king (as ruler)
• नरपतौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• उच्चाटिते: when (he was) expelled/driven out
• उच्चाटिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्-√चाट् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular; agrees with implied ‘काले/अवसरे’ in locative absolute

• सति: when/while (it being so)
• सति: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √अस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे ‘सति’ (locative absolute marker); शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त from √अस्; used as अव्ययीभाववत्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — adverb

• नवीकृतायाम्: in (the city) having been renewed
• नवीकृतायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवीकृत (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ + क्त, with नवी- उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular; agrees with ‘नगर्याम्’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — conjunction

• नगर्याम्: in the city
• नगर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

• विश्वकर्मणा: by Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda, in Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Vārāṇasī/Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred city being ‘renewed’: luminous Kāśī re-laid by Viśvakarman, with celestial measuring cords, golden gateways, and orderly ghāṭas; Divodāsa’s departure implied in the background as a political shadow against a timeless city.

Characters & Entities

• Divodāsa
• Viṣṇu
• Viśvakarman
• Nagarī (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s sacred destiny unfolds through divine agency—preservation, removal of obstacles, and renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The city of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as a divinely renewed sacred capital.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates divine intervention and reconstruction of the holy city.