Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्वसेः क्षणमहोपुरुषे गजेऽश्वे स्त्रैणे तृणे सरसि देवकुले गृहेऽन्ने । रत्ने पतत्त्रिणि पशौ शयने धरायां सश्रीकमेव सकले तदिहास्तिनान्यत्

Transliteration

yasminvaseḥ kṣaṇamahopuruṣe gaje'śve straiṇe tṛṇe sarasi devakule gṛhe'nne | ratne patattriṇi paśau śayane dharāyāṃ saśrīkameva sakale tadihāstinānyat

Translation

നീ ക്ഷണമാത്രം എവിടെ വസിക്കുന്നുവോ—പുരുഷനിൽ, ഗജ-അശ്വങ്ങളിൽ, സ്ത്രീയിൽ, തൃണത്തിൽ, സരസ്സിൽ, ദേവകുലത്തിൽ, ഗൃഹത്തിൽ, അന്നത്തിൽ, രത്നത്തിൽ, പക്ഷിയിൽ, പശുവിൽ, ശയനത്തിൽ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ധരയിൽ—അവിടെ എല്ലാം ശ്രീസമ്പന്നമാകുന്നു. ഈ ലോകത്തിൽ നിന്നെക്കാൾ വേറൊന്നുമില്ല (മംഗളദായകം).

Word by Word

• yasmin: in which/where
• yasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• vaseḥ: you dwell
• vaseḥ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; √वस् (निवासे)

• kṣaṇam: for a moment
• kṣaṇam: Karma (Extent/अत्यन्तसंयोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया (Accusative); कालावधि (duration)

• aho: ah!, indeed
• aho: Sambandha (Exclamation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aho (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयार्थ-निपात (exclamation)

• puruṣe: in a man/person
• puruṣe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• gaje: in an elephant
• gaje: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• aśve: in a horse
• aśve: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• straiṇe: in a woman/among womenfolk
• straiṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: straiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative); ‘स्त्रीसम्बन्धि’

• tṛṇe: in grass
• tṛṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• sarasi: in a lake
• sarasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• deva-kule: in a divine family
• deva-kule: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative); देवानां कुले

• gṛhe: in a house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• anne: in food
• anne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• ratne: in a jewel
• ratne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• patattriṇi: in a bird
• patattriṇi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patattrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative); ‘पतत्त्रि’ = पक्षी

• paśau: in an animal
• paśau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• śayane: in a bed
• śayane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• dharāyām: on the earth
• dharāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• sa-śrīkam: endowed with prosperity
• sa-śrīkam: Pratipādya (Predicate/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + śrīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; ‘सश्रीकम्’ = श्रीसहितम्

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• sakale: in all (things)
• sakale: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative); विशेषणम् (of implicit ‘loke/viṣaye’)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया

• iha: here
• iha: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• asti: exists/is
• asti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातu)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √अस्

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Pratishedhya (Negated predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

Speaker

Agastya (stuti, contextually in Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic montage showing Lakṣmī’s subtle presence in many forms: in a noble person, elephant, horse, woman, grass, lake, home, food, jewels, birds, cattle, bed, and the earth—each scene glowing with a faint lotus-gold aura indicating Śrī’s indwelling.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī
• Śrī (prosperity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness is not accidental; it is the presence of Śrī/Lakṣmī—cultivated through devotion and right living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, where worship and remembrance are said to yield heightened spiritual merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse supports continual reverence to Lakṣmī as the source of all śrī (prosperity).