Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

चतुर्दशसु या शोभा विष्टपेषु समंततः । तस्मिन्विमाने सास्तीह शतकोटिगुणोत्तरा

Transliteration

caturdaśasu yā śobhā viṣṭapeṣu samaṃtataḥ | tasminvimāne sāstīha śatakoṭiguṇottarā

Translation

ຄວາມສະຫງ່າງາມໃດທີ່ມີຢູ່ທົ່ວສິບສີ່ໂລກ ໃນວິມານນັ້ນ ຄວາມສະຫງ່າງາມນັ້ນມີຢູ່ທີ່ນີ້ ແຕ່ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ກວ່າເຖິງຮ້ອຍລ້ານເທົ່າ.

Word by Word

• चतुर्दशसु: among the fourteen
• चतुर्दशसु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (संख्याशब्दः), सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन; ‘चतुर्दश’ (fourteen)

• या: which
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-यः/या (relative pronoun)

• शोभा: splendour
• शोभा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• विष्टपेषु: in the worlds/regions
• विष्टपेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन

• समन्ततः: on all sides, everywhere
• समन्ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• विमाने: palace/aerial mansion
• विमाने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• सा: that (splendour)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (deictic adverb)

• शतकोटिगुणोत्तरा: exceeding by a hundred-crore times
• शतकोटिगुणोत्तरा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत + कोटि + गुण + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः = ‘शत-कोटि-गुणैः उत्तरा’ (exceeding by a hundred-crore-fold)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single vimāna blazing with light that visually contains or surpasses the radiance of all fourteen worlds—planets and lokas faintly orbiting as motifs around the central hall.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Avimukta)
• Fourteen worlds (caturdaśa-loka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is exalted as a locus where the highest cosmic glory is concentrated and magnified, hinting at its unique liberating power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta-Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as surpassing the splendor of all realms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is purely laudatory (māhātmya-style description).