Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अहमेव परं ज्योतिरहमेव परा गतिः । मत्प्रेरितेन भवता सृष्टिरेषा विधीयते

Transliteration

ahameva paraṃ jyotirahameva parā gatiḥ | matpreritena bhavatā sṛṣṭireṣā vidhīyate

Translation

ഞാനേ പരമ ജ്യോതി, ഞാനേ പരമ ഗതി. എന്റെ പ്രേരണയാൽ നിനക്കാൽ തന്നെയാണ് ഈ സൃഷ്ടി നടപ്പാകുന്നത്.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/particle (only/indeed)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karta (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of ज्योतिः)

• ज्योतिः: light
• ज्योतिः: Karta (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/particle (only/indeed)

• परा: supreme
• परा: Karta (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of गतिः)

• गतिः: goal/refuge
• गतिः: Karta (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मत्: by me/from me
• मत्: Sambandha (Ablative relation/पञ्चमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-समर्थ (ablative base) अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• प्रेरितेन: impelled (by me)
• प्रेरितेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-ईरित (प्रातिपदिक; प्र-√ईर्/प्रेर् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘मत्प्रेरितेन’ = by (one) impelled by me

• भवता: by you (sir)
• भवता: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; honorific)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सृष्टिः: creation
• सृष्टिः: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; √सृज् + क्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एषा: this
• एषा: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विधीयते: is carried out/ordained
• विधीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√धा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Kratu (continuing the assertion of the supreme principle as light and goal)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast column of light (jyoti-stambha) rises behind the speaker; the creator figure is shown as a smaller agent receiving that light-stream, symbolizing preraṇā; Kāśī ghāṭ silhouettes faintly in the background.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The supreme is both illumination (jyotiḥ) and final refuge (gatiḥ); secondary agents act only through that supreme impetus.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No; the verse is metaphysical within the Kāśī narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.