Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

अष्टौ किंपुरुषादीनि देवभोग्यानि तानि तु । तेषु स्वर्गात्समागत्य रमंते त्रिदिवौकसः

Transliteration

aṣṭau kiṃpuruṣādīni devabhogyāni tāni tu | teṣu svargātsamāgatya ramaṃte tridivaukasaḥ

Translation

കിംപുരുഷാദിയായ ശേഷമുള്ള എട്ട് വർഷങ്ങൾ ദേവഭോഗ്യസ്ഥാനങ്ങളാണ്. സ്വർഗത്തിൽ നിന്ന് അവിടെ വന്ന് ത്രിദിവവാസികൾ അവയിൽ ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (numeral adjective)

• किंपुरुष-आदीनि: (regions) beginning with Kiṃpuruṣa, etc.
• किंपुरुष-आदीनि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘आदि’ अन्तः—‘किंपुरुषादि’ (and the like)

• देव-भोग्यानि: enjoyable by the gods
• देव-भोग्यानि: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + भोग्य (भुज् धातोः यत्/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां भोग्यानि) विशेषणम्

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse marker (विरोध/तु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• तेषु: in them/among them
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural); सर्वनाम

• स्वर्गात्: from heaven
• स्वर्गात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• समागत्य: having come
• समागत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• रमन्ते: they delight/enjoy
• रमन्ते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• त्रिदिव-ओकसः: the dwellers of heaven (gods)
• त्रिदिव-ओकसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिव (प्रातिपदिक) + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रिदिवस्य ओकसः = स्वर्गनिवासिनः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṃpuruṣa-ādi varṣas (collective)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial panorama of eight varṣas as jeweled pleasure-lands where devas descend from svarga to sport, contrasted subtly with a more austere Bhārata in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Kiṃpuruṣa
• Svarga
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Not all realms are meant for spiritual effort; many are primarily for enjoyment, whereas Bhārata is singled out for transformative dharma and karma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is named; the verse contrasts cosmological regions, preparing the later tīrtha-mahātmya (especially Prayāga).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a cosmological classification of regions as deva-bhogyas.