Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां मंगलानां च महामंगलमुत्तमम् । गृहेपि लिखितं पूज्यं सर्वमंगलसिद्धये

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ maṃgalānāṃ ca mahāmaṃgalamuttamam | gṛhepi likhitaṃ pūjyaṃ sarvamaṃgalasiddhaye

Translation

ಎಲ್ಲ ಮಂಗಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಇದುವೇ ಪರಮ ‘ಮಹಾಮಂಗಳ’. ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದರೂ ಸಹ, ಸರ್ವಮಂಗಳಸಿದ್ಧಿಗಾಗಿ ಇದನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸಬೇಕು।

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• maṃgalānām: of auspicious things
• maṃgalānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• mahā-maṃgalam: the great auspicious (thing)
• mahā-maṃgalam: Karta/Predicate nominal (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘महच्च तत् मङ्गलम्’)

• uttamam: supreme, best
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: ‘also/even’)

• likhitam: written
• likhitam: Karta/Predicate nominal (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: likh (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• pūjyam: worthy of worship
• pūjyam: Karta/Predicate nominal (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + ya (तव्यत्/यत्-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थक-योग्यतावाचक कृदन्त (‘पूजनीयम्’)

• sarva-maṃgala-siddhaye: for the attainment of all auspiciousness
• sarva-maṃgala-siddhaye: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃgala (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (‘सर्वमङ्गलस्य सिद्धिः’ तस्यै) प्रयोजनार्थे

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-māhātmya (as maṅgala object)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household shrine where a manuscript/book of the Kāśī-māhātmya is placed on a pedestal, garlanded and worshipped with lamp and flowers; family members offer añjali.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred teaching is not only to be heard; preserving it (by writing) and honouring it at home is itself a dharmic act that generates auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s praise-context; the broader glorification is of Kāśī’s dharma and its sacred teachings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Likhana (writing/copying the text) and pūjā (worship/honouring it) in one’s home for sarva-maṅgala-siddhi.