Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

त्रिलोचनस्य प्रासादे मणिमाणिक्यनिर्मिते । नानाभंगि गवाक्षाढ्ये रत्नसानाविवायते

Transliteration

trilocanasya prāsāde maṇimāṇikyanirmite | nānābhaṃgi gavākṣāḍhye ratnasānāvivāyate

Translation

त्रिलोचनाच्या त्या प्रासादात—मणी-माणिक्यांनी घडविलेल्या, नानाविध भंगिमांच्या गवाक्षांनी नटलेल्या—तो रत्नमय पर्वत-उतारासारखा भासत होता.

Word by Word

• त्रिलोचनस्य: of the three-eyed one (Śiva)
• त्रिलोचनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिलोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि ‘त्रीणि लोचनानि यस्य’

• प्रासादे: in the palace
• प्रासादे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मणि-माणिक्य-निर्मिते: made of gems and rubies
• मणि-माणिक्य-निर्मिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक) + माणिक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्मित (कृदन्त; √मा/निर्मा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘निर्मित’ = ‘made’; समासः (तत्पुरुष)

• नाना-भङ्गि: having many designs/curvatures
• नाना-भङ्गि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + भङ्गि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘नानाविधा भङ्गिः’

• गवाक्ष-आढ्ये: abounding in windows
• गवाक्ष-आढ्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गवाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘गवाक्षैः आढ्यः’ = ‘rich in windows’

• रत्न-सानौ: on the jeweled terrace
• रत्न-सानौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + सानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘रत्नमय-सानु’ (terrace/slope)

• इव: as if/like
• इव: Upamana-marker (Simile/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-वाचक (comparative particle)

• आयते: extends/appears
• आयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; √या ‘to go/extend’ → ‘to extend/appear’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trilocana (Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maitrāvaruṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A jewel-built palace/temple of Trilocana with many ornate windows (gavākṣa) in varied elegant patterns, shining like a jeweled mountainside.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Trilocana (Śiva)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine realm of Śiva is portrayed as supremely auspicious, inspiring reverence for Kāśī as Śiva’s own domain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative setting is Śiva’s (Trilocana’s) palace associated with the sacred seat context introduced in Adhyāya 26.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is a descriptive glorification (māhātmya-style imagery).