Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

त्वं सुवर्णादिधातूनां दारूणां दृषदामपि । मणीनामपिरत्नानां पुष्पाणामपि वाससाम्

Transliteration

tvaṃ suvarṇādidhātūnāṃ dārūṇāṃ dṛṣadāmapi | maṇīnāmapiratnānāṃ puṣpāṇāmapi vāsasām

Translation

നീ സ്വർണ്ണാദി ധാതുക്കളിലും, മരങ്ങളിലും കല്ലുകളിലും; മണി-രത്നങ്ങളിലും; പുഷ്പങ്ങളിലും വസ്ത്രങ്ങളിലും പോലും ജ്ഞാനവും അധീനതയും പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuzmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• suvarṇa-ādi-dhātūnām: of metals such as gold
• suvarṇa-ādi-dhātūnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + dhātu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: सुवर्णादयः धातवः (metals such as gold)

• dārūṇām: of woods
• dārūṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• dṛṣadām: of stones, rocks
• dṛṣadām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛṣad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (Additive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• maṇīnām: of gems
• maṇīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (Additive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also)

• ratnānām: of jewels
• ratnānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• puṣpāṇām: of flowers
• puṣpāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (Additive particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also)

• vāsasām: of garments, cloths
• vāsasām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Bhava (Śiva) (continuation of boon discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī liṅga (contextual)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boon is pronounced granting Tvāṣṭra mastery over metals, woods, stones, gems, flowers, and garments; visualized as an array of offerings laid before a liṅga—gold, timber, stone slabs, jewel caskets, garlands, folded silks.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Materials for worship (metals, wood, stone, gems, flowers, cloth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is rewarded with divine empowerment over resources—suggesting capacity to serve and adorn the sacred with proper materials.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where liṅga worship and the offering culture around Śiva are central to the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a direct prescription; it enumerates categories of substances commonly used in pūjā and sacred construction/adornment.