Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

अन्यच्च नाथ प्रार्थ्योसि तच्च विश्राणयिष्यसि । मया विनिर्मापयिता स्वं प्रासादं कदा भवान्

Transliteration

anyacca nātha prārthyosi tacca viśrāṇayiṣyasi | mayā vinirmāpayitā svaṃ prāsādaṃ kadā bhavān

Translation

ഇനിയും ഒരു കാര്യം, ഹേ നാഥാ, ഞാൻ അപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നു—ദയചെയ്ത് അതും നല്കുക. നിന്റെ സ്വന്തം പ്രാസാദ-മന്ദിരം എന്റെ കൈകളാൽ എപ്പോൾ നിർമ്മിപ്പിക്കും?

Word by Word

• anyat: another (thing)
• anyat: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• nātha: O Lord
• nātha: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; संबोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• prārthyaḥ: to be asked/requested
• prārthyaḥ: Kriyā (predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√arth (धातु) + -ya (प्रत्यय)
• Form: ण्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be requested)

• asi: are
• asi: Kriyā (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• viśrāṇayiṣyasi: you will bestow
• viśrāṇayiṣyasi: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√śrāṇ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (agent/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• vinirmāpayitā: the builder/one who will cause to be built
• vinirmāpayitā: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi-nis-√mā (धातु, माने/निर्माणे) + णिच् + तृ (प्रत्यय)
• Form: णिच्-प्रेरणार्थक धातु; तृ-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• svam: your own
• svam: Karma (object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण

• prāsādam: palace/temple
• prāsādam: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• kadā: when?
• kadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नवाचक कालवाचक (interrogative adverb of time)

• bhavān: you (honored one)
• bhavān: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; आदरार्थक सर्वनाम

Speaker

Viśvakarman (Tvāṣṭra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (proposed prāsāda for Śiva)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Nātha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarman, eager to serve, asks Śiva when he may construct a grand prāsāda (temple-palace) for Him; the scene suggests architectural plans and sacred craftsmanship.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman
• Śiva
• Prāsāda (temple)
• Kāśī
• Ānandavana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expresses itself not only in worship but also in sacred service—building a temple for Śiva is presented as a heartfelt offering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Ānandavana setting), where the construction of Śiva’s prāsāda is sought.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The devotional act of commissioning/constructing a prāsāda (temple) for Śiva, treated as a meritorious service.