Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

सप्तापि लोकपाला ये त एनं समुपासते । नारदाद्यैर्मुनिवरैरयमाशीर्भिरीड्यते

Transliteration

saptāpi lokapālā ye ta enaṃ samupāsate | nāradādyairmunivarairayamāśīrbhirīḍyate

Translation

ഏഴു ലോകപാലകരും ഈ ദിവ്യസ്ഥാനത്തെ വന്ദിച്ച് ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു. നാരദാദി മുനിവരന്മാർ ആശീർവചനങ്ങളാൽ ഇതിനെ സ്തുതിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (here qualifying लोकपालाः)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also/even’

• लोकपालाḥ: world-guardians (Lokapālas)
• लोकपालाḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल (प्रातिपदिक; लोक + पाल)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचनम्; ‘लोकानां पालकाः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक-यः (relative pronoun)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; तद्-शब्दः (correlative)

• एनम्: this one / him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-रूप)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचनम्; कर्मपदम्

• समुपासते: worship
• समुपासते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यम? actually 3rd person; प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; सम्+उप+आस् = ‘to worship/attend’

• नारदाद्यैः: by Nārada and others
• नारदाद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचनम्; ‘नारदः आदिः येषाम्’ इति (आदि-प्रयोगः)

• मुनिवरैः: by the best sages
• मुनिवरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; ‘वराः मुनयः’ इति कर्मधारयः

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• आशीर्भिः: with blessings
• आशीर्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशीस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; ‘आशीः’ = blessing

• ईड्यते: is praised
• ईड्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied ‘divine station’ within Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred seat in Kāśī, encircled by the seven Lokapālas offering worship; Nārada and other sages stand with raised hands bestowing blessings, with the Gaṅgā and ghāṭas faintly visible behind.

Characters & Entities

• Lokapālas
• Nārada
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy locus becomes supremely venerable when even cosmic guardians and realized sages honor it—devotion aligns one with that higher order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography, the verse praises a divine city/state likened to Mahendra’s city (Amarāvatī) situated in the Kāśī narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the place’s exalted status as worship-worthy.