Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

युगानां प्रथमोसि त्वं तिथीनां त्वं कुहूर्ह्यसि । पुष्योसि नक्षत्रगणे संक्रमः सर्वपर्वसु

Transliteration

yugānāṃ prathamosi tvaṃ tithīnāṃ tvaṃ kuhūrhyasi | puṣyosi nakṣatragaṇe saṃkramaḥ sarvaparvasu

Translation

യുഗങ്ങളിൽ നീ തന്നേ ആദ്യയുഗം; തിഥികളിൽ നീ ‘കുഹൂ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധൻ. നക്ഷത്രഗണത്തിൽ നീ തന്നേ പുഷ്യ; എല്ലാ പർവ്വദിനങ്ങളിലും നീ തന്നേ സംക്രമരൂപം।

Word by Word

• युगानाम्: of ages/yugas
• युगानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रथमः: first
• प्रथमः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• तिथीनाम्: of lunar days (tithis)
• तिथीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुहूः: Kuhū (new-moon tithi/deity)
• कुहूः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुहू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुष्यः: Puṣya (a nakṣatra)
• पुष्यः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• नक्षत्रगणे: in the group of nakṣatras
• नक्षत्रगणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (Singular)

• संक्रमः: transition, ingress
• संक्रमः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वपर्वसु: on all festival/holy days
• सर्वपर्वसु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (parva-snānāni at Gaṅgā ghāṭas)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic calendar mandala around Kāśīnātha: concentric rings show yugas, tithis (Kuhū as a dark-moon arc), nakṣatras (Puṣya as a star cluster), and saṅkrānti gates; below, pilgrims bathe at Gaṅgā on a saṅkrānti day.

Characters & Entities

• Kuhū
• Puṣya
• Saṅkrama
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time—yugas, tithis, nakṣatras, and festival transitions—derives its sanctity from the Lord who presides over all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where time itself is viewed through the Lord’s presence and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is commanded; calendrical sanctities (parvas, saṅkrama) are invoked to intensify devotional observance.