Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यावंति विष्वक्तेजांसि सिद्धरूपगुणानि च । नेत्रातिथीनि तावंति तत्तपस्तेजसाऽभवन्

Transliteration

yāvaṃti viṣvaktejāṃsi siddharūpaguṇāni ca | netrātithīni tāvaṃti tattapastejasā'bhavan

Translation

दिशादिशांत जितकी सर्वत्र तेजस्वी सिद्धी, सिद्धरूपे व गुण आहेत, तितकीच त्या तपोतेजाने प्रकट होऊन ‘नेत्रांचे अतिथी’ झाली—दृष्टीसमोर आली.

Word by Word

• यावन्ति: as many as
• यावन्ति: Visheshana (correlative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neuter, nom/acc plural); परिमाणवाचक-विशेषणम् (as many as)

• विष्वक्-तेजांसि: radiances in all directions
• विष्वक्-तेजांसि: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्वक् (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (neuter, nominative plural); समासः अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुषसदृशः (विष्वक् = सर्वतः, ‘in all directions’ + तेजांसि = lights/energies)

• सिद्ध-रूप-गुणानि: perfected forms and qualities
• सिद्ध-रूप-गुणानि: Karta (co-subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (neuter, nominative plural); समासः इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (रूपाणि च गुणाः च) ‘forms and qualities’ (सिद्ध- = accomplished/perfected as qualifier)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• नेत्र-अतिथीनि: guests of the eyes (delightful sights)
• नेत्र-अतिथीनि: Karta (predicate nominative/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (neuter, nominative plural); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नेत्राणाम् अतिथीनि = guests of the eyes; i.e., pleasing sights)

• तावन्ति: so many
• तावन्ति: Visheshana (correlative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neuter, nom/acc plural); परिमाणवाचक-विशेषणम् (so many)

• तत्-तपस्-तेजसा: by the radiance of that austerity
• तत्-तपस्-तेजसा: Karana (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (neuter, instrumental singular); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य तपसः तेजसा = by the splendor of that austerity)

• अभवन्: became, came to be
• अभवन्: Kriya (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (imperfect/past, 3rd person plural)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm: Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Around the ascetic, countless luminous forms—personified siddhis, radiant qualities, subtle beings—appear in all directions like a celestial assembly, becoming visible as if invited into sight by his tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Dhruva
• Siddhas
• Tapas-tejas (ascetic radiance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity grounded in devotion produces spiritual luminosity that reveals higher realities (siddha-rūpa-guṇa) to perception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within the Kāśī-kṣetra narrative frame, implying Kāśī as a supreme field where tapas quickly bears fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is stated; the emphasis is on tapas as a dharmic discipline that yields direct experiential ‘darśana.’