Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

कुशद्वीप उमा सार्धं नाथाद्य सपरिच्छदः । मन्मौलौ विहितावासः प्रयात्वेष वरो मम

Transliteration

kuśadvīpa umā sārdhaṃ nāthādya saparicchadaḥ | manmaulau vihitāvāsaḥ prayātveṣa varo mama

Translation

“आज प्रभु उमा सहित तथा समस्त परिकर के साथ कुशद्वीप को प्रस्थान करें, और मेरे शिखर पर अपना निवास स्थापित करें—यही मेरा वर है।”

Word by Word

• kuśa-dvīpa: O Kuśadvīpa (name of the mountain)
• kuśa-dvīpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśa (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय ‘कुश-नामकः द्वीपः’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• umayā: with Umā
• umayā: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sambandha (Comitative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार: सहार्थक-अव्यय (with/together)

• nātha: O Lord
• nātha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• sa-paricchadaḥ: along with attendants/retinue
• sa-paricchadaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘सह’) + paricchada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (सह-समास) ‘परिच्छदैः सह’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mat-maulau: on my head/crown
• mat-maulau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mauli (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी) ‘मम मौलिः’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (मन्मौलौ)

• vihita-āvāsaḥ: having made (your) dwelling
• vihita-āvāsaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vihita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √dhā with vi-) + āvāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय ‘विहितः आवासः यस्य’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prayātu: let (him/it) go
• prayātu: Kriyā (Injunctive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: √या (to go) उपसर्ग: प्र-; परस्मैपद

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• varaḥ: boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Adri (the Mountain) addressing Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuśadvīpa (requested) / peak-residence site (unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Mountain asks that Śiva, with Umā and full retinue, depart to Kuśadvīpa after making His dwelling upon the mountain’s summit—an image of a deity enthroned on a peak, surrounded by gaṇas.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Nātha)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Kuśadvīpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest blessing is the abiding presence of Śiva with Umā; sacredness arises where the Lord chooses to dwell.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta/Kāśī remains the chapter’s frame, while this verse additionally names Kuśadvīpa as a sacred destination associated with Śiva’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a stated boon about divine residence and movement.