Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
Devanagari script
हिरण्यकूपस्तत्रास्ति हिरण्याश्वसमृद्धिकृत्
Transliteration
hiraṇyakūpastatrāsti hiraṇyāśvasamṛddhikṛt
Translation
वहाँ ‘हिरण्यकूप’ नाम का कुआँ है, जो स्वर्ण और अश्वों की समृद्धि प्रदान करता है।
Word by Word
हिरण्यकूपःthe Golden Well (name/epithet)
हिरण्यकूपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहिरण्य + कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—हिरण्यकूपः = हिरण्यस्य कूपः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
हिरण्याश्वसमृद्धिकृत्maker of prosperity in gold and horses
हिरण्याश्वसमृद्धिकृत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य + अश्व + समृद्धि + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—हिरण्याश्वसमृद्धिकृत् = हिरण्याश्वयोः समृद्धिं करोति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुपद-तत्पुरुष); विशेषण (हिरण्यकूपः प्रति)
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Hiraṇyakūpa
Type: kund
Visual Art Cues
Scene: An ancient stone-lined well with a small shrine lamp niche; pilgrims draw water with a rope and brass pot. Offerings of flowers float; a priest marks foreheads with tilaka, invoking prosperity.
Characters & Entities
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Hiraṇyakūpa (Golden Well)FAQs
Kāśī’s sacred landscape is described as supporting both spiritual aims and worldly well-being when approached with devotion and dharma.
Hiraṇyakūpa, the ‘Golden Well’ associated with prosperity.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse identifies the site and its phala (benefit).