Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

अहो महोदयश्चाद्य जातो मम महामते । केवलं न ममैकस्य सर्वदैत्यान्वयस्य च

Transliteration

aho mahodayaścādya jāto mama mahāmate | kevalaṃ na mamaikasya sarvadaityānvayasya ca

Translation

「ああ、賢者よ、今日わが身にいかに大いなる繁栄が生じたことか！それは我ひとりのためではなく、ダイティヤ族の全系統のためでもある。」

Word by Word

• अहो: ah!
• अहो: Sambandha/Exclamation (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयादि-निपात (exclamatory particle)

• महोदयः: great prosperity
• महोदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘great rise/prosperity’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb) ‘today/now’

• जातः: has arisen
• जातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘has arisen/occurred’

• मम: for me/of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘great-minded’

• केवलम्: only
• केवलम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘only/merely’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• मम: of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एकस्य: of (me) alone
• एकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘person’)

• सर्वदैत्यान्वयस्य: of the entire Daitya lineage
• सर्वदैत्यान्वयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘of the lineage of all Daityas’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Daitya king (unnamed in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to a ‘mahāmati’ (wise one) within the scene

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A daitya leader raises his arms in proclamation, surrounded by clan elders and warriors; banners of the daitya lineage wave; yet a faint, higher presence—Śiva’s emblem or Kāśī skyline—suggests the transience of their triumph.

Characters & Entities

• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boasting in collective power and fortune is a hallmark of asuric pride; Purāṇic Dharma teaches that true uplift is rooted in righteousness, not lineage-arrogance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned directly in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.