Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

अहो महोदयश्चाद्य जातो मम महामते । केवलं न ममैकस्य सर्वदैत्यान्वयस्य च

Transliteration

aho mahodayaścādya jāto mama mahāmate | kevalaṃ na mamaikasya sarvadaityānvayasya ca

Translation

Ah, wahai yang amat bijaksana, betapa besar kemakmuran yang lahir bagiku pada hari ini! Dan ini bukan untukku seorang sahaja, bahkan untuk seluruh keturunan Daitya.

Word by Word

• अहो: ah!
• अहो: Sambandha/Exclamation (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयादि-निपात (exclamatory particle)

• महोदयः: great prosperity
• महोदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘great rise/prosperity’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb) ‘today/now’

• जातः: has arisen
• जातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘has arisen/occurred’

• मम: for me/of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘great-minded’

• केवलम्: only
• केवलम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘only/merely’

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• मम: of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एकस्य: of (me) alone
• एकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘person’)

• सर्वदैत्यान्वयस्य: of the entire Daitya lineage
• सर्वदैत्यान्वयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘of the lineage of all Daityas’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Daitya king (unnamed in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to a ‘mahāmati’ (wise one) within the scene

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A daitya leader raises his arms in proclamation, surrounded by clan elders and warriors; banners of the daitya lineage wave; yet a faint, higher presence—Śiva’s emblem or Kāśī skyline—suggests the transience of their triumph.

Characters & Entities

• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boasting in collective power and fortune is a hallmark of asuric pride; Purāṇic Dharma teaches that true uplift is rooted in righteousness, not lineage-arrogance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned directly in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.