Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान्विश्वात्मा विश्वलोचनः । तमुवाच तदेशानं रुद्रं रुद्रवपुर्धरम्

Transliteration

tataḥ prasanno bhagavānviśvātmā viśvalocanaḥ | tamuvāca tadeśānaṃ rudraṃ rudravapurdharam

Translation

അപ്പോൾ വിശ്വാത്മാവും വിശ്വലോചനനുമായ ഭഗവാൻ പ്രസന്നനായി, ആ ഈശാനനോട് അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—രുദ്രനായി, രുദ്രസ്വരൂപം ധരിച്ചവനോട്।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverb) — Indeclinable adverb

• prasannaḥ: pleased
• prasannaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√sad (धातु) + kta (कृत्) → prasanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त) — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; past participle used adjectivally

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• viśva-ātmā: whose self is the universe
• viśva-ātmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; बहुव्रीहि-समास (one whose self is the universe)

• viśva-locanaḥ: all-seeing
• viśva-locanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; बहुव्रीहि-समास (one whose eyes are everywhere/all-seeing)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; pronoun

• uvāca: said/spoke
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• tad-īśānam: that Īśāna
• tad-īśānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + īśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• rudram: Rudra
• rudram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• rudra-vapuḥ-dharam: bearing a Rudra-like form
• rudra-vapuḥ-dharam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + vapuṣ (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; adjectival

Speaker

Bhagavān (Viśveśvara/Śiva) addressing Īśāna (as described in the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis; and within the embedded narrative, Agastya is addressed elsewhere

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the grand abhiṣeka, the sanctum glows; Śiva, as Viśvātman with cosmic eyes, manifests a compassionate, radiant presence and turns toward Īśāna to speak; the air is still, charged with revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Viśveśvara
• Śiva
• Rudra
• Īśāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship culminates in divine pleasure (prasāda) and direct guidance from the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The dialogue unfolds in Kāśī within Adhyāya 33, connected to the later naming and praise of Śiva-tīrtha/Jñānoda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies the completion of worship that led to the Lord’s satisfaction; the preceding context is ritual bathing/abhiṣeka.