Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

जाता गुह्यचरा यस्य गुह्यकाः परितो नृषु । संसेविष्यामहे राजन्नसुरास्त्वां स्ववैभवैः

Transliteration

jātā guhyacarā yasya guhyakāḥ parito nṛṣu | saṃseviṣyāmahe rājannasurāstvāṃ svavaibhavaiḥ

Translation

യാരുടെ കാരണത്താൽ ഗുഹ്യകർ മനുഷ്യരിടയിൽ രഹസ്യചരന്മാരെന്നപോലെ സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ രാജാവേ, ഞങ്ങളും അസുരന്മാർ നമ്മുടെ സ്വവൈഭവശക്തികളോടെ നിന്നെ സേവിക്കും।

Word by Word

• jātāḥ: born, arisen
• jātāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त; √jan (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘जात’ = born/produced

• guhya-carāḥ: secret-moving ones; spies
• guhya-carāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guhya (प्रातिपदिक) + cara (कृदन्त; √car (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गुह्ये चरन्ति)

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• guhyakāḥ: Guhyakas (attendant beings)
• guhyakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guhyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• paritaḥ: around, on all sides
• paritaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paritas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb/preposition)

• nṛṣu: among men
• nṛṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन

• saṃseviṣyāmahe: we shall serve/attend
• saṃseviṣyāmahe: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-√sev (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• asurāḥ: Asuras
• asurāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sva-vaibhavaiḥ: with (their) own splendors/powers
• sva-vaibhavaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + vaibhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य वैभवम्)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king seated in a luminous court; around him, disguised guhyakas move among humans like shadowy guardians, while proud asuras offer service with their own magical resources.

Characters & Entities

• Guhyakāḥ
• Asurāḥ
• Rājan (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a dharmic domain, even unseen beings and former adversaries align themselves to protect and support rightful order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī Khaṇḍa ambience of protected sacred space is implied; no named tīrtha appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.