Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

शिखराणि गिरींद्राणां मया चाध्युषितान्यहो । दिव्यौषधि सहस्राणि मया संसाधितान्यपि

Transliteration

śikharāṇi girīṃdrāṇāṃ mayā cādhyuṣitānyaho | divyauṣadhi sahasrāṇi mayā saṃsādhitānyapi

Translation

अहो, मी गिरींद्रांच्या शिखरांवरही निवास केला; आणि दिव्य औषधींची सहस्रेही साधून आत्मसात केली.

Word by Word

• शिखराणि: peaks
• शिखराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• गिरीन्द्राणाम्: of the mountain-lords
• गिरीन्द्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गिरीणाम् इन्द्राः = 'lords of mountains')

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent expressed instrumentally/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• अध्युषितानि: were inhabited / stayed on
• अध्युषितानि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-√वस् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मणि (passive: 'were dwelt upon/inhabited'); उपसर्ग: अधि

• अहो: alas! / indeed!
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयादिबोधक निपात (exclamation)

• दिव्यौषधि: divine medicinal
• दिव्यौषधि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + औषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, (समासपूर्वपद); कर्मधारय (दिव्या औषधिः)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent expressed instrumentally/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संसाधितानि: were accomplished / procured
• संसाधितानि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√साध् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मणि (passive: 'were accomplished/obtained'); उपसर्ग: सम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

Speaker

Damana

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic on a high mountain summit amid clouds, collecting luminous herbs at night; the scene conveys wonder and austerity—wind, thin air, and a sense of peril mastered by discipline.

Characters & Entities

• mountain peaks
• divyauṣadhi (wondrous herbs)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Extraordinary ascetic attainments and siddhi-like skills are acknowledged, yet the narrative trajectory suggests they are not the final goal compared to liberation-oriented realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The feats occur in diverse settings (mountains); within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame, Kāśī remains the supreme spiritual destination beyond such attainments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes ascetic living and mastery of herbs rather than a prescribed rite.