Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

महारुंडा प्रतीच्यां च देवी स्वप्नेश्वरी शुभा । भविष्यं कथयेत्स्वप्ने भक्तस्याग्रे शुभाशुभम्

Transliteration

mahāruṃḍā pratīcyāṃ ca devī svapneśvarī śubhā | bhaviṣyaṃ kathayetsvapne bhaktasyāgre śubhāśubham

Translation

പടിഞ്ഞാറ് ദിക്കിൽ മഹാരുണ്ടാ എന്ന ശുഭ സ്വപ്നേശ്വരീ ദേവി വിരാജിക്കുന്നു. അവൾ സ്വപ്നത്തിൽ ഭക്തനോട് വരാനിരിക്കുന്ന ശുഭാശുഭം അറിയിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• महारुंडा: Mahāruṇḍā
• महारुंडा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + रुंडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रतीच्याम्: in the west
• प्रतीच्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतीची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in the west’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्वप्नेश्वरी: Svapneśvarī (Lady of dreams)
• स्वप्नेश्वरी: Vidhaya (Apposition/predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वप्नस्य ईश्वरी)

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भविष्यम्: the future
• भविष्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भविष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कथयेत्: should tell/declare
• कथयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वप्ने: in a dream
• स्वप्ने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in a dream’

• भक्तस्य: of the devotee
• भक्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अग्रे: before/in the presence (of)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् अव्यय (adverb/locative-meaning), ‘in front/presence’

• शुभाशुभम्: the auspicious and the inauspicious
• शुभाशुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ + अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (शुभं च अशुभं च)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svapneśvarī (Mahāruṇḍā) shrine (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night in Kāśī: the western shrine of Svapneśvarī; a devotee sleeps and sees the goddess in a luminous dream, revealing symbols of coming events—some auspicious, some cautionary—while the ghāṭas lie quiet under moonlight.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāruṇḍā
• Svapneśvarī
• Kāśī (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is depicted as an intimate guide: devotion can yield inner instruction and warning through dreams.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Svapneśvarī-related sacred spot in Kāśī, mapped here to the western quarter (pratīcī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is given here; the verse describes the fruit—prophetic guidance in dreams for devotees.