Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

अहमेव भविष्यामि मान्यस्त्रिजगतीपतिः । आहरिष्यामि देवानामक्षयाः सर्वसंपदः

Transliteration

ahameva bhaviṣyāmi mānyastrijagatīpatiḥ | āhariṣyāmi devānāmakṣayāḥ sarvasaṃpadaḥ

Translation

ഞാനേ ത്രിലോകത്തിന്റെ മാന്യനായ അധിപതിയാകും. ദേവന്മാരുടെ അക്ഷയമായ എല്ലാ സമ്പത്തുകളും ഐശ്വര്യങ്ങളും ഞാൻ ഹരിക്കും.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषसर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, alone
• एव: Prayojaka-bhāva (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• भविष्यामि: I will become
• भविष्यामि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• मान्यः: honoured, venerable
• मान्यः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रिजगतीपतिः: lord of the three worlds
• त्रिजगतीपतिः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition to aham)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-jagat-ī-pati (प्रातिपदिक; tri + jagat + ī + pati)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (त्रीणां जगतां पतिः)

• आहरिष्यामि: I will bring, procure
• आहरिष्यामि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hṛ (हृ) with ā- (आ + हर्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गयुक्त धातु

• देवानाम्: for the gods / of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sampradāna/Śeṣa (Beneficiary/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• अक्षयाः: imperishable
• अक्षयाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (to sampadaḥ)

• सर्वसंपदः: all prosperities, all riches
• सर्वसंपदः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-sampad (प्रातिपदिक; sarva + sampad)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयसमास (all kinds of prosperities)

Speaker

Skanda (quoting the Daitya’s intent; narration to Agastya inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark-crowned antagonist stands before a celestial treasury, proclaiming tri-loka lordship; devas recoil; the sky churns as dharma trembles.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya (speaker of the boast)
• Devas
• Three worlds (Trijagat)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked pride and covetousness are hallmarks of adharma and lead to conflict with cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is narrative within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of intent and ambition.