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

「起きよ、起きよ――汝に吉祥あれ。汝の願いの賜物を告げよ、山々の最勝よ。」かくマヘーシャーナ、神々の神・三つ目の御方に告げられて、（マンダラはしかるべく答えた）。

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.