Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

अन्यत्र व्रतिभिर्विश्वे कांचनीप्रतिमा तव । पंचकृष्णलकादूर्ध्वं कार्या विघ्नहृतोपि च

Transliteration

anyatra vratibhirviśve kāṃcanīpratimā tava | paṃcakṛṣṇalakādūrdhvaṃ kāryā vighnahṛtopi ca

Translation

ಹೇ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರನೇ! ಇತರ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ರತಾಚರಣೆ ಮಾಡುವ ವ್ರತಿಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಚಿನ್ನದ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡಬೇಕು; ಅದರ ಮೌಲ್ಯವು ಐದು ಕೃಷ್ಣಲಕಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಅಧಿಕವಾಗಿರಲಿ. ವಿಘ್ನಗಳು ಬಂದರೂ ಅವನ್ನು ನಿವಾರಿಸಿ ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ವ್ರತವನ್ನು ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕು।

Word by Word

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere/otherwise
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘elsewhere/otherwise’

• व्रतिभिः: by vow-observers
• व्रतिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘by/with vow-observers’

• विश्वे: in the world
• विश्वे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in the world’

• काञ्चनी-प्रतिमा: a golden image
• काञ्चनी-प्रतिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चनी (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘golden (one) image’

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of you/your’

• पञ्च-कृष्ण-लकात्: from five black lakā-measures
• पञ्च-कृष्ण-लकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + लका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘from (the measure of) five black lakā-s’ (measure/mark)

• ऊर्ध्वम्: above/upwards
• ऊर्ध्वम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (उपपद/क्रियाविशेषण): ‘upwards/above’

• कार्या: should be made
• कार्या: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (भाव्य/कर्तव्यतार्थक), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be made/should be made’ (agreeing with प्रतिमा)

• विघ्न-हृतः: (one) with obstacles removed
• विघ्न-हृतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक) + हृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘one whose obstacles are removed’ (past participle)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): ‘also/even’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction): ‘and’

Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Viśveśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical Purāṇic audience frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-observer in Kāśī commissions a small golden icon of Viśveśvara, weighing beyond a stated measure, while priests remove ritual obstacles and prepare the concluding offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Viśve

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow becomes spiritually complete through proper offering (dāna) and disciplined completion, even when obstacles arise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Kāśī-kṣetra setting frames the teaching, though this verse itself focuses on vrata-completion rules rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The making/offer of a golden pratimā of specified minimum value (exceeding five kṛṣṇalas) as part of vrata observance.