Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

अन्यच्च ते हितं वच्मि यदि ते रोचतेऽनघ । प्रीणनीयः सदैवैको विश्वेशः सर्वकर्मभिः

Transliteration

anyacca te hitaṃ vacmi yadi te rocate'nagha | prīṇanīyaḥ sadaivaiko viśveśaḥ sarvakarmabhiḥ

Translation

हे अनघा! तुला रुचल्यास तुझ्या हितासाठी आणखी एक वचन सांगतो—सर्व कर्मांनी सदैव केवळ विश्वेश्वरालाच प्रसन्न करावे।

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive singular pronoun)

• हितम्: benefit; welfare
• हितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक; √धा/√हि-धातुजन्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

• वच्मि: I say / I tell
• वच्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (present indicative, 1st person singular)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (dative singular pronoun)

• रोचते: is pleasing (to you)
• रोचते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (present indicative, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada)

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन (masculine vocative singular)

• प्रीणनीयः: should be propitiated
• प्रीणनीयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीणनीय (प्रातिपदिक; √प्री/प्रीण् धातु, णीय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (masculine nominative singular; gerundive/obligatory: 'to be pleased/propitiated')

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• एकः: one; single
• एकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative singular)

• विश्वेशः: Lord of the universe (Viśveśa)
• विश्वेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वस्य ईशः) (masculine nominative singular; genitive tatpuruṣa)

• सर्वकर्मभिः: by all actions/rites
• सर्वकर्मभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि कर्माणि) (instrumental plural; 'all deeds')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Viśvanātha) in Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm instruction scene in Kāśī: a venerable brāhmaṇa-guru advising a king near the Viśveśvara shrine, with the liṅga’s sanctum suggested in the background; the king listens with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Viśveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Make all actions offerings aimed at pleasing Viśveśvara; devotion is to be integrated into every duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Kāśī’s presiding deity Viśveśvara; the counsel belongs to Kāśī-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous propitiation of Viśveśvara through one’s works—an all-encompassing devotional discipline rather than a single rite.