Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मांडोदर मध्ये तु यानि तीर्थानि सर्वतः । तानि वैशाखभूतायामायांत्योंकृति दर्शने

Transliteration

brahmāṃḍodara madhye tu yāni tīrthāni sarvataḥ | tāni vaiśākhabhūtāyāmāyāṃtyoṃkṛti darśane

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡത്തിന്റെ ഉദരമാകെ ഉള്ള എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും, ഓംകാര-സ്വരൂപ ദർശനത്തിൽ, വൈശാഖത്തിൽ വന്നൊരുമിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ ആകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्माण्ड: cosmic egg
• ब्रह्माण्ड: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्मणः अण्डम्; (as compound member)

• उदर: belly; interior
• उदर: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (as first member in compound phrase)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• यानि: which (those)
• यानि: Viśeṣya (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• तीर्थानि: holy places; fords
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वतः: from all sides; everywhere
• सर्वतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/पर्याय (from all sides; everywhere)

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वैशाख: Vaiśākha (month)
• वैशाख: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; (as compound member) month Vaiśākha

• भूतायाम्: when (it is) in Vaiśākha; in the time of Vaiśākha
• भूतायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘भूता’ + स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘when it has become/occurred’ (locative absolute sense with time)

• आयान्ति: come
• आयान्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; उपसर्ग: आ-

• ओङ्कृति: the form/utterance of Oṃ
• ओङ्कृति: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओङ्कार + कृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ओङ्कारस्य कृतिः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here as qualifier of दर्शन)

• दर्शने: at the sight; for seeing
• दर्शने: Adhikaraṇa (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/हेतु), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Oṃkāra-form (Oṃkāra-rūpa) darśana (specific shrine not named in verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: innumerable rivers, ghats, mountains, oceans, and shrines stream as subtle lights toward a central Oṃkāra-form; the month of Vaiśākha is personified as a radiant season; the Oṃ symbol glows like a sun at the center.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha (sacred month)
• Tīrthas (holy sites)
• Oṃkṛti (Oṃkāra-form)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (Vaiśākha) and sacred vision (Oṃkāra) can concentrate the merit of countless tīrthas into one focused act of darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī in connection with Oṃkāra-darśana, portrayed as a magnet for the merit of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seeking oṃkṛti-darśana (vision of the Oṃkāra-form) particularly in the sanctified month of Vaiśākha.