Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भद्रं ते वरं ब्रूहि धरोत्तम । सोथ श्रुत्वा महेशानं देवदेवं त्रिलोचनम्

Transliteration

uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te varaṃ brūhi dharottama | sotha śrutvā maheśānaṃ devadevaṃ trilocanam

Translation

“Bangkitlah, bangkitlah—semoga kebaikan menyertaimu. Wahai yang terbaik di antara gunung, nyatakanlah anugerah yang kau mohon.” Mendengar sabda Maheśāna, Dewa para dewa, Yang Bermata Tiga, Mandara pun menanggapinya.

Word by Word

• उत्तिष्ठ: rise
• उत्तिष्ठ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• उत्तिष्ठ: rise (again)
• उत्तिष्ठ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• भद्रम्: good fortune
• भद्रम्: Sambandha (Benedictive expression/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); आशीर्वादार्थक प्रयोग

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular)

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रूहि: tell/speak
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• धरोत्तम: O best of mountains
• धरोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• महेशानम्: Maheśāna
• महेशानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मह-ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवदेवम्: God of gods
• देवदेवम्: Karma (Appositional object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रिलोचनम्: the three-eyed one
• त्रिलोचनम्: Karma (Appositional object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्य लोचने त्रयः’

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśāna/Devadeva/Trilocana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addresses Mandara: ‘Rise, rise; auspiciousness to you. Speak your boon, best of mountains.’ Mandara, having heard the Three-eyed Lord, prepares to respond.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Maheśāna, Trilocana)
• Mandara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas culminates in darśana and varadāna (boon-giving); Śiva’s blessing begins with reassurance and auspicious uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative world, Śiva’s role as Viśveśa/Trilocana reinforces Kāśī’s identity as the foremost Śaiva kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is prescribed; the verse depicts the fruition of austerity (tapas) in receiving a boon.