Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

त्वद्बलेन महेशान न कोपि स्थैर्यमेष्यति । ममपादतलाघातादेतद्वै क्षोणिमंडलम्

Transliteration

tvadbalena maheśāna na kopi sthairyameṣyati | mamapādatalāghātādetadvai kṣoṇimaṃḍalam

Translation

ഹേ മഹേശാനേ! നിന്റെ ബലത്താൽ ആരും സ്ഥിരമായി നിലകൊള്ളുകയില്ല. എന്റെ പാദതലത്തിന്റെ പ്രഹാരത്തിൽ ഈ മുഴുവൻ ഭൂമണ്ഡലം നിശ്ചയമായി കുലുങ്ങും.

Word by Word

• त्वत्-बलेन: by your power
• त्वत्-बलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वद्-बलम्)

• महेशान: O Maheśāna
• महेशान: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• कः: anyone
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रश्न/अनिर्दिष्ट (indefinite: 'anyone')

• अपि: even
• अपि: Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: 'even/also')

• स्थैर्यम्: steadiness
• स्थैर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• एष्यति: will attain
• एष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पादतल-आघातात्: from the blow of (my) sole
• पादतल-आघातात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादतल (प्रातिपदिक) + आघात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पादतलस्य आघातः)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• क्षोणिमण्डलम्: the earth-sphere
• क्षोणिमण्डलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षोणि + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्षोण्याः मण्डलम्)

Speaker

Same speaker; directly addresses Maheśāna (Śiva) as the source of power

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Viśveśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-warrior addresses Maheśāna: ‘By your power none can stand firm’; the earth-sphere trembles as the sole of his foot strikes, implying Śiva’s force coursing through him.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All extraordinary strength is attributed to Maheśāna; the devotee’s might is presented as borrowed from the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred setting of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa, though the verse itself is a praise of Śiva’s empowering force.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.