Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

शुभे ज्येष्ठेश्वरस्थाने सांप्रतं स उमापतिः । काशीं प्राप्य मुदा तिष्ठेद्गिरिराजांगजा सखः

Transliteration

śubhe jyeṣṭheśvarasthāne sāṃprataṃ sa umāpatiḥ | kāśīṃ prāpya mudā tiṣṭhedgirirājāṃgajā sakhaḥ

Translation

ഇപ്പോൾ ശുഭമായ ജ്യേഷ്ഠേശ്വരസ്ഥാനത്ത് ആ ഉമാപതി കാശിയെ പ്രാപിച്ച്, ഗിരിരാജകുമാരിയോടുകൂടെ ആനന്ദത്തോടെ വസിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• śubhe: auspicious
• śubhe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचन (स्थाने इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• jyeṣṭheśvara-sthāne: in the place of Jyeṣṭheśvara
• jyeṣṭheśvara-sthāne: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭheśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ज्येष्ठेश्वरस्य स्थानम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचन

• sāṃpratam: now, at present
• sāṃpratam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃpratam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: time)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन

• umāpatiḥ: Umā’s lord (Śiva)
• umāpatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन

• kāśīm: Kāśī
• kāśīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन

• prāpya: having reached
• prāpya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); उपसर्गः प्र-

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचन (instrumental: manner)

• tiṣṭhet: would stay/remain
• tiṣṭhet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदी; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन

• girirāja-aṃgajā: the daughter of the mountain-king (Pārvatī)
• girirāja-aṃgajā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: girirāja (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃgajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गिरिराजस्य अङ्गजा); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन

• sakhaḥ: companion, friend
• sakhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन (उमापतिः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण-भावे)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jyeṣṭheśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva and Pārvatī together at Jyeṣṭheśvara: Śiva near a liṅga-shrine, Pārvatī beside Him; Kāśī’s temple spires and a hint of Gaṅgā in the background; atmosphere of auspicious joy.

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭheśvara
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Umāpati (Śiva)
• Girirājāṅgajā (Pārvatī/Himavat-putrī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is portrayed as a living abode of Śiva and Umā; divine presence sanctifies place and makes it spiritually auspicious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jyeṣṭheśvara-sthāna in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly encourages darśana/visitation of Jyeṣṭheśvara in Kāśī; no explicit rite is stated in this verse.