Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

पतिश्च तादृक्सर्वज्ञो लोकचक्षुस्तमोपहः । सर्वेषां कर्मणां साक्षी सर्वः सर्वत्रसंचरः

Transliteration

patiśca tādṛksarvajño lokacakṣustamopahaḥ | sarveṣāṃ karmaṇāṃ sākṣī sarvaḥ sarvatrasaṃcaraḥ

Translation

Demikianlah Sang Tuhan: Mahatahu, Mata bagi segala dunia, penghalau kegelapan; saksi atas semua perbuatan, meliputi segalanya, bergerak di mana-mana.

Word by Word

• पतिḥ: lord, husband
• पतिḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• तादृक्: such, of that kind
• तादृक्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश्/तादृक् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjectival pronoun)

• सर्वज्ञः: all-knowing
• सर्वज्ञः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; ज्ञ = √ज्ञा धातु-आधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लोकचक्षुः: eye of the world
• लोकचक्षुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: लोकस्य चक्षुः)

• तमोपहः: remover of darkness
• तमोपहः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तमस् + उपह (प्रातिपदिक; उपह = √हन्/√हृ? ‘अपह’ भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (तमः अपहः = darkness-remover)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्ध (of all)

• कर्मणाम्: of actions/deeds
• कर्मणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• साक्षी: witness
• साक्षी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वः: all, the all-pervading one
• सर्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण/सर्वनाम

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संचरः: moving about, roaming
• संचरः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + चर (प्रातिपदिक; √चर धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (one who moves about)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative hymn-like tableau: the Lord as cosmic eye, radiating light that dissolves darkness; devotees in Kāśī stand near ghāṭs with lamps, while a subtle ‘all-seeing’ presence pervades sky and river.

Characters & Entities

• Pati (Lord)
• Lokacakṣus (Eye of the worlds)
• Sākṣī (Witness)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is omniscient and omnipresent, witnessing all karma; remembering this inspires dharma and inner purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework, supporting Kāśī’s Mahātmya by emphasizing the Lord’s all-pervading presence, though no single tirtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a doctrinal statement about the divine witness and remover of ignorance.