Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

कुशद्वीप उमा सार्धं नाथाद्य सपरिच्छदः । मन्मौलौ विहितावासः प्रयात्वेष वरो मम

Transliteration

kuśadvīpa umā sārdhaṃ nāthādya saparicchadaḥ | manmaulau vihitāvāsaḥ prayātveṣa varo mama

Translation

“आज नाथ उमा-सहित व सर्व परिकरांसह कुशद्वीपाला जावोत, आणि माझ्या शिखरावर निवास करून—हाच माझा वर आहे।”

Word by Word

• kuśa-dvīpa: O Kuśadvīpa (name of the mountain)
• kuśa-dvīpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśa (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय ‘कुश-नामकः द्वीपः’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• umayā: with Umā
• umayā: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sambandha (Comitative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार: सहार्थक-अव्यय (with/together)

• nātha: O Lord
• nātha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• sa-paricchadaḥ: along with attendants/retinue
• sa-paricchadaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘सह’) + paricchada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (सह-समास) ‘परिच्छदैः सह’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mat-maulau: on my head/crown
• mat-maulau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mauli (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी) ‘मम मौलिः’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (मन्मौलौ)

• vihita-āvāsaḥ: having made (your) dwelling
• vihita-āvāsaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vihita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √dhā with vi-) + āvāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय ‘विहितः आवासः यस्य’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prayātu: let (him/it) go
• prayātu: Kriyā (Injunctive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: √या (to go) उपसर्ग: प्र-; परस्मैपद

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• varaḥ: boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Adri (the Mountain) addressing Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuśadvīpa (requested) / peak-residence site (unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Mountain asks that Śiva, with Umā and full retinue, depart to Kuśadvīpa after making His dwelling upon the mountain’s summit—an image of a deity enthroned on a peak, surrounded by gaṇas.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Nātha)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Kuśadvīpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest blessing is the abiding presence of Śiva with Umā; sacredness arises where the Lord chooses to dwell.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Avimukta/Kāśī remains the chapter’s frame, while this verse additionally names Kuśadvīpa as a sacred destination associated with Śiva’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a stated boon about divine residence and movement.