Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तमुत्थाप्य कराग्राभ्यामाशीर्भिरभिनंद्य च । तदुद्दिष्टासनं भेजे मनसोपि समुच्छ्रितम्

Transliteration

tamutthāpya karāgrābhyāmāśīrbhirabhinaṃdya ca | taduddiṣṭāsanaṃ bheje manasopi samucchritam

Translation

ລາວຊ່ວຍພະອົງຂຶ້ນດ້ວຍມືທັງສອງ ແລະຕ້ອນຮັບດ້ວຍຄໍາອວຍພອນ; ແລ້ວຈຶ່ງນັ່ງໃນອາສນະທີ່ຈັດໄວ້—ໃຈກໍຖືກຍົກສູງດ້ວຍກຽດນັ້ນ.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• उत्थाप्य: having raised (him) up
• उत्थाप्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), causative sense via utthāpaya-; उपसर्ग: उत्-

• कराग्राभ्याम्: with (his) fingertips
• कराग्राभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (करयोः अग्रे = fingertips); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), द्विवचन

• आशीर्भिः: with blessings
• आशीर्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशीस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• अभिनन्द्य: having greeted, having congratulated
• अभिनन्द्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नन्द् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्ग: अभि-

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

• तद्: that
• तद्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (आसनम्)

• उद्दिष्टासनम्: the indicated seat
• उद्दिष्टासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्दिष्ट + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (उद्दिष्टम् आसनम् = indicated seat); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• भेजे: took, occupied
• भेजे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

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

• समुच्छ्रितम्: raised, elevated
• समुच्छ्रितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उत् + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (आसनम्)

Speaker

Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A host gently lifts the visiting sage by both hands, offers auspicious blessings, and guides him to a designated seat; the sage’s face is calm, the host’s mind visibly uplifted.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāmuni (guest-sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring holy guests through respectful gestures and blessings elevates both host and guest.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode occurs within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s glorification of Kāśī, emphasizing its culture of honoring sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hospitality rites are implied: welcoming (abhinaṃdana), offering blessings, and giving an appropriate seat (āsana).