Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
महाशयनसुप्तानां जंतूनां प्रतिबोधकम् । संसारसागरावर्त पतज्जंतुतरंडकम्
Transliteration
mahāśayanasuptānāṃ jaṃtūnāṃ pratibodhakam | saṃsārasāgarāvarta patajjaṃtutaraṃḍakam
Translation
हे महाशय्येवर झोपलेल्या जीवांना जागविणारे आहे; संसारसागराच्या भोवऱ्यात पडणाऱ्या प्राण्यांसाठी हे जीवन-नौका आहे।
Word by Word
mahā-śayana-suptānāmof those asleep on the great bed
mahā-śayana-suptānām:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + śayana (प्रातिपदिक) + supta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (महाशयने सुप्तानाम्)
jantūnāmof creatures
jantūnām:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootjantu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन
prati-bodhakamawakening; that which rouses
prati-bodhakam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootprati (उपसर्ग) + budh (धातु)
Formण्वुल्-प्रत्ययान्त (बोधक), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: प्रति-
saṃsāra-sāgara-āvartathe whirlpool of the ocean of worldly existence
saṃsāra-sāgara-āvarta:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक) + āvarta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (संसाररूपस्य सागरस्य आवर्तः)
pataৎ-jantu-taraṇḍakama rescuer of falling beings
pataৎ-jantu-taraṇḍakam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpatat (कृदन्त) + jantu (प्रातिपदिक) + taraṇḍaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पततां जन्तूनां तरण्डकम् = रक्षक/उद्धारक)
Speaker
Skanda
Characters & Entities
S
Saṃsāra-sāgara (ocean of worldly existence)K
Kāśī-kṣetra (implied)FAQs
The holy kṣetra functions as awakening wisdom and as a saving means to cross saṃsāra—spiritual geography becomes a vehicle of liberation.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), implicitly praised as the liberating raft for embodied beings.
None; the verse teaches by metaphor—awakening and deliverance are attributed to the kṣetra’s sanctity.