Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
Devanagari script
हिरण्यकूपस्तत्रास्ति हिरण्याश्वसमृद्धिकृत्
Transliteration
hiraṇyakūpastatrāsti hiraṇyāśvasamṛddhikṛt
Translation
അവിടെ ‘ഹിരണ്യകൂപ’ എന്ന കിണർ ഉണ്ട്; അത് സ്വർണ്ണവും കുതിരകളും സംബന്ധിച്ച സമൃദ്ധി നൽകുന്നു.
Word by Word
हिरण्यकूपःthe Golden Well (name/epithet)
हिरण्यकूपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहिरण्य + कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—हिरण्यकूपः = हिरण्यस्य कूपः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
हिरण्याश्वसमृद्धिकृत्maker of prosperity in gold and horses
हिरण्याश्वसमृद्धिकृत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य + अश्व + समृद्धि + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—हिरण्याश्वसमृद्धिकृत् = हिरण्याश्वयोः समृद्धिं करोति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुपद-तत्पुरुष); विशेषण (हिरण्यकूपः प्रति)
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Hiraṇyakūpa
Type: kund
Visual Art Cues
Scene: An ancient stone-lined well with a small shrine lamp niche; pilgrims draw water with a rope and brass pot. Offerings of flowers float; a priest marks foreheads with tilaka, invoking prosperity.
Characters & Entities
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Hiraṇyakūpa (Golden Well)FAQs
Kāśī’s sacred landscape is described as supporting both spiritual aims and worldly well-being when approached with devotion and dharma.
Hiraṇyakūpa, the ‘Golden Well’ associated with prosperity.
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse identifies the site and its phala (benefit).