Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

महापूजां च ये कुर्युर्महामंत्राञ्जपंति च । तेऽत्र वैकर्तने लोके विकर्तनसमप्रभा

Transliteration

mahāpūjāṃ ca ye kuryurmahāmaṃtrāñjapaṃti ca | te'tra vaikartane loke vikartanasamaprabhā

Translation

जो महापूजा करते हैं और महामंत्रों का जप करते हैं, वे यहाँ वैकर्तन-लोक में विकर्तन (सूर्य) के समान प्रभा से प्रकाशित होते हैं।

Word by Word

• महापूजाम्: great worship
• महापूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महती पूजा) (feminine accusative singular)

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

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (masculine nominative plural relative pronoun)

• कुर्युः: should perform
• कुर्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (should do/perform)

• महामन्त्रान्: great mantras
• महामन्त्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान्तः मन्त्राः) (masculine accusative plural)

• जपन्ति: recite, mutter
• जपन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (they recite)

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

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (masculine nominative plural pronoun)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• वैकर्तने: in Vaikartana (world/realm)
• वैकर्तने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine locative singular)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine locative singular)

• विकर्तनसमप्रभाः: having splendor equal to Vikartana (the Sun)
• विकर्तनसमप्रभाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकर्तन (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (विकर्तनस्य समा प्रभा येषाम्) (masculine nominative plural)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand ritual worship scene with lamps, flowers, incense, and a devotee counting a mālā; above, a radiant solar realm opens—Vaikartana-loka—where the devotee appears as a luminous figure equal in brilliance to the Sun.

Characters & Entities

• Vaikartana
• Vikartana (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Elevated worship and mantra-recitation refine the devotee into a state of luminous participation in the divine—symbolized by solar radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate glorification is of Vaikartana-loka (a solar realm) within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s phala-śruti context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mahāpūjā (grand worship) and mahāmantra-japa (recitation of great mantras).