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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

संतोष्य सर्वान्प्रथमं मुनींद्रान्स्वैस्वैर्हृदिस्थैश्च चिराभिलाषैः । ब्रह्माणमाभाष्य शिवोथ विष्णुं जगाद सर्वामरवृंदवंद्यः

Transliteration

saṃtoṣya sarvānprathamaṃ munīṃdrānsvaisvairhṛdisthaiśca cirābhilāṣaiḥ | brahmāṇamābhāṣya śivotha viṣṇuṃ jagāda sarvāmaravṛṃdavaṃdyaḥ

Translation

まずシヴァは、諸聖仙の主たちすべてを、胸中に久しく抱いてきた願いを成就して満足させた。ついで梵天に語りかけ、あらゆる不死の神々に礼拝されるその御方は、ヴィシュヌに向かって言葉を発した。

Word by Word
संतोष्यhaving satisfied
संतोष्य:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग) + तुष् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययीभावरूप (gerund) — ‘having satisfied’
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Accusative plural; मुनीन्द्रान् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
प्रथमम्first
प्रथमम्:
Adverbial (Sequence)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb) — ‘first’
मुनीन्द्रान्the chief sages
मुनीन्द्रान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Accusative plural; ‘lords among sages’
स्वैःwith their own
स्वैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; ‘with their own’
स्वैःeach with his own
स्वैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; पुनरुक्त्या ‘each with his own’
हृदिस्थैःheart-abiding
हृदिस्थैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहृदि (अव्यय/सप्तमी-रूप) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; तत्पुरुषः ‘situated in (their) hearts’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)
चिराभिलाषैःwith long-cherished wishes
चिराभिलाषैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootचिर (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिलाष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; तत्पुरुषः ‘long-cherished desires’
ब्रह्माणम्Brahmā
ब्रह्माणम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular
आभाष्यhaving addressed
आभाष्य:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) + भाष् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund) — ‘having addressed/spoken to’
शिवःŚiva
शिवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular (subject)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then)
विष्णुम्Viṣṇu
विष्णुम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular
जगादspoke
जगाद:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगद् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd sg perfect ‘said/spoke’
सर्वामरवृन्दवन्द्यःworshipped by all the gods’ hosts
सर्वामरवृन्दवन्द्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अमर (प्रातिपदिक) + वृन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + वन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘worthy of worship by all groups of immortals’
Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, serene and majestic, bestows satisfaction upon assembled sages; then turns to address Brahmā and Viṣṇu in a dignified divine council, with devas standing in reverence.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
V
Viṣṇu
B
Brahmā
M
Munis (Munīndras)
D
Devas
K
Kāśī

FAQs

In the tīrtha’s presence, devotion ripens into fulfillment—Śiva is portrayed as the inner knower who completes sincere, long-held aspirations.

Kāśī, where the divine assembly and Śiva’s grace toward sages are narrated as part of the Muktimaṇḍapa account.

No explicit ritual instruction; the focus is on grace (anugraha) and divine discourse among Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva.

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