Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तवति देवेश स्तस्मिन्पूतात्मनि प्रभुः । स्वमूर्तित्वं समारोप्य दिक्पालपदमादधे

Transliteration

ityuktavati deveśa stasminpūtātmani prabhuḥ | svamūrtitvaṃ samāropya dikpālapadamādadhe

Translation

ആ പുണ്യാത്മാവ് ദേവേശനോട് ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, പ്രഭു അവനെ തന്റെ സ്വമൂർത്തിത്വത്തിൽ ലയിപ്പിച്ച് ദിക്പാലപദം നൽകി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• उक्तवति: when (someone) had spoken
• उक्तवति: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time-occasion)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्तवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (perfect participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; ‘(तस्मिन्) उक्तवति’ = ‘when (she/he) had said’

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in/at that (time/person)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• पूत-आत्मनि: in the purified-souled one
• पूत-आत्मनि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (‘पूतः आत्मा यस्य/यः’)

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• स्व-मूर्तित्वम्: his own embodied form/state
• स्व-मूर्तित्वम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्तित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘स्वस्य मूर्तित्वम्’)

• समारोप्य: having superimposed/assumed
• समारोप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रुह्/रोप् (धातु; causative sense)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• दिक्-पाल-पदम्: the post of a guardian of the directions
• दिक्-पाल-पदम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक) + पाल (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘दिशां पालस्य पदम्’)

• आदधे: he assumed/took up
• आदधे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Skanda (narrating; deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord of gods receives the devotee’s hymn; a beam of light merges the devotee into the Lord’s radiance, and the devotee emerges adorned with directional insignia—standing at a cardinal quarter as a Dikpāla, guarding the cosmos.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Deveśa/Prabhu)
• Dikpālas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere praise and purified devotion culminate in divine grace, elevating the devotee to a sacred cosmic role.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The account belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu; this verse itself highlights a reward narrative rather than a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the implied practice is stuti (hymn/praise) and steadfast devotion.