Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

देवानामिंद्ररूपोसि ग्रहाणामसि भानुमान् । लोकानां सत्यलोकोऽसि सिंधूनां क्षीरसागरः

Transliteration

devānāmiṃdrarūposi grahāṇāmasi bhānumān | lokānāṃ satyaloko'si siṃdhūnāṃ kṣīrasāgaraḥ

Translation

ദേവന്മാരിൽ നീ ഇന്ദ്രരൂപൻ; ഗ്രഹങ്ങളിൽ നീ ഭാനുമാൻ സൂര്യൻ. ലോകങ്ങളിൽ നീ സത്യലോകം; സമുദ്രങ്ങളിൽ നീ ക്ഷീരസാഗരം.

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• इन्द्ररूपः: (you) are in the form of Indra
• इन्द्ररूपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; इन्द्ररूप = इन्द्रस्य रूपः (having Indra’s form)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ग्रहाणाम्: of the planets
• ग्रहाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भानुमान्: the Sun (the radiant one)
• भानुमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• सत्यलोकः: Satyaloka
• सत्यलोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सत्यलोक = सत्यस्य लोकः (Satyaloka)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सिन्धूनाम्: of the rivers/seas
• सिन्धूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• क्षीरसागरः: the Milk Ocean
• क्षीरसागरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्षीरसागर = क्षीरः सागरः (the ocean which is milk)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa default dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fourfold cosmic montage around the deity: Indra with vajra in a cloud court, the Sun as a radiant orb/chariot, Satyaloka as a luminous upper realm, and the Milk Ocean with white waves and a serene sheen—each labeled as the Lord’s form.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Sūrya (Bhānumān)
• Satyaloka
• Kṣīrasāgara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord is praised as the supreme excellence present in every category—divine, cosmic, and terrestrial.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

While the imagery is cosmic, the teaching is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, reinforcing Kāśī as a mirror of the highest reality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; it is doxology (praise) meant for recitation and contemplation.