Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

यदि त्वं त्वाष्ट्र सर्वज्ञं काश्यामाराधयिष्यसि । ततस्ते विश्वकर्मेति नाम सत्यं भविष्यति

Transliteration

yadi tvaṃ tvāṣṭra sarvajñaṃ kāśyāmārādhayiṣyasi | tataste viśvakarmeti nāma satyaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

हे त्वाष्ट्र, तू काशीत सर्वज्ञ प्रभूची आराधना केलीस, तर ‘विश्वकर्मा’ हे नाव तुझे खरेच सत्य ठरेल।

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त/सम्भावनार्थक; conditional particle)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

• त्वाष्ट्र: O Tvāṣṭra (descendant/son of Tvaṣṭṛ)
• त्वाष्ट्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वाष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक; त्वष्टृ-सम्बन्धि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन (Vocative)

• सर्वज्ञम्: all-knowing
• सर्वज्ञम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of addressee)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-समं/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (addressing)

• काश्याम्: in Kāśī
• काश्याम्: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Locative)

• आराधयिष्यसि: you will worship/propitiate
• आराधयिष्यसि: Kriya (Verb in conditional clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Result marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-अर्थे; 'then/from that')

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor: your)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, षष्ठी (Genitive)

• विश्वकर्म: Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्म: Samjna (Name/appellation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन्/विश्वकर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (as नाम)

• इति: thus (called)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यन्त-निपात; quotative)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karta (Subject: the name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative)

• सत्यम्: true, real
• सत्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying नाम)

• भविष्यति: will become / will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Tāpasa (the ascetic teacher)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Viśveśa worship)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Tvāṣṭra (the brahmacārin addressed by name)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic blesses Tvāṣṭra: a vision of Viśveśa in Kāśī, with the devotee holding artisan tools; the name ‘Viśvakarmā’ appears as a radiant inscription, symbolizing realized mastery.

Characters & Entities

• Tvāṣṭra
• Kāśī
• Sarvajña (Śiva/Viśveśvara)
• Viśvakarmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship in Kāśī, under Viśveśvara’s omniscient grace, can transform destiny and confer extraordinary competence and identity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Varanasi), the city of Viśveśvara, presented as a place where devotion yields exceptional spiritual and worldly fulfillment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) of the Omniscient Lord (Śiva/Viśveśvara) specifically in Kāśī.