Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

एतत्त्वदीयं सकलंवस्तुजातं समंततः । अर्थोपार्जनविद्याश्च सर्वाः शिक्षस्व पुत्रक

Transliteration

etattvadīyaṃ sakalaṃvastujātaṃ samaṃtataḥ | arthopārjanavidyāśca sarvāḥ śikṣasva putraka

Translation

Seluruh kumpulan harta benda ini sepenuhnya adalah milikmu. Wahai putraku, pelajarilah semua vidyā dan tata-ilmu untuk memperoleh kekayaan secara dharmis.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• tva-dīyam: belonging to you
• tva-dīyam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + īya (तद्धित प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त विशेषण (possessive adjective)

• sakalam: entire
• sakalam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• vastu-jātam: the whole collection of things/property
• vastu-jātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastu (प्रातिपदिक) + jāta (कृदन्त; √jan/√jā (जन्/जा) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारणार्थ समास (collection of things)

• samantataḥ: from all sides; entirely
• samantataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• artha-upārjana-vidyāḥ: skills/knowledges for acquiring wealth
• artha-upārjana-vidyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक) + upārjana (कृदन्त; उप-√arj (अर्ज्) + ल्युट्) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समास: अर्थस्य उपार्जनम् इति (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष) + तत्सम्बद्धा विद्या (तत्पुरुष)

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

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• śikṣasva: learn (you should learn)
• śikṣasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śikṣ (शिक्ष्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• putraka: dear son
• putraka: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; स्नेहार्थक (vocative)

Speaker

Skanda (narrating to Agastya, context of Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elder father in a household setting gestures toward stored goods and household wealth while instructing his son to learn arts of rightful earning; the son listens with mixed eagerness and restlessness.

Characters & Entities

• Harikeśa
• Harikeśa’s father

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Learning livelihood-skills is legitimate in dharma, but it must be framed as responsible stewardship rather than ego-driven accumulation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the larger sacred canvas of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse focuses on ethical education.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse prescribes learning (śikṣā) of wealth-acquisition arts.