Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अयं पूषा भगस्त्वेष इयं देवी सरस्वती । एते च सर्वदिक्पाला यज्ञरक्षाकृतः स्वयम्

Transliteration

ayaṃ pūṣā bhagastveṣa iyaṃ devī sarasvatī | ete ca sarvadikpālā yajñarakṣākṛtaḥ svayam

Translation

Inilah Pūṣan dan inilah Bhaga; inilah Dewi Sarasvatī. Dan inilah para penjaga segala arah, yang sendiri menjadi pelindung upacara yajña.

Word by Word

• ayam: this (he)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pūṣā: Pūṣā
• pūṣā: Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūṣan (पूषन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhagaḥ: Bhaga
• bhagaḥ: Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: and/but
• tu: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle)

• eṣaḥ: this one (he)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• iyam: this (she)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• devī: goddess
• devī: Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sarasvatī: Sarasvatī
• sarasvatī: Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• sarva-dik-pālāḥ: guardians of all directions
• sarva-dik-pālāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + dik (दिश्-प्रातिपदिक) + pāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘सर्वासां दिशां पालाः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• yajña-rakṣā-kṛtaḥ: protectors of the sacrifice
• yajña-rakṣā-kṛtaḥ: Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + rakṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛt (कृ धातु → कृत् ‘doer’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘यज्ञस्य रक्षां कुर्वन्ति’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (पाठे ‘कृतः’ रूपं; अर्थतः बहुवचन-कर्तरि ‘कृताः’ अपेक्षितम्)

• svayam: themselves
• svayam: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वार्थक-अव्यय

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A protective ring around the yajña: Dikpālas stationed at the eight directions; Sarasvatī with vīṇā blessing the mantras; Pūṣan and Bhaga as radiant Ādityas; the altar shines under cosmic guardianship.

Characters & Entities

• Pūṣan
• Bhaga
• Sarasvatī
• Dikpālas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A truly valid sacrifice is upheld by cosmic order—deities of nourishment, fortune, speech, and the directional guardians protect it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred narration; the broader glorification is of Kāśī as the dharma-field where truth is tested.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied requirement: proper yajña entails divine protection and alignment with the dikpālas and Vedic deities.