Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

सहेत त्रिषु लोकेषु त्वत्प्रसादात्कृतोद्यमान् । यद्यादेशो भवेदद्य तदेंद्रं स मरुद्गणम्

Transliteration

saheta triṣu lokeṣu tvatprasādātkṛtodyamān | yadyādeśo bhavedadya tadeṃdraṃ sa marudgaṇam

Translation

သင်၏ကရုဏာတော်ကြောင့်၊ ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ လှုပ်ရှား၍ ကြိုးပမ်းသည့်အခါ တြိလောက၌ပင် ခံနိုင်၍ အနိုင်ယူနိုင်ပါသည်။ ယနေ့ အမိန့်တော်ရှိလျှင် အင်ဒြာကို မရုတ်ဂဏနှင့်တကွပင် နှိမ်နင်းမည်။

Word by Word

• सहेत: could endure / would be able to bear
• सहेत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (here with लोक), सप्तमी (7th/locative), बहुवचन (plural); संख्याविशेषणम्

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/locative), बहुवचन (plural)

• त्वत्प्रसादात्: by/through your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन (singular); समासः त्वत्तः प्रसादः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• कृतोद्यमान्: those who have made effort / who are prepared
• कृतोद्यमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त) + उद्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषणम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) + तत्पुरुषः (उद्यमः कृतः येषाम्)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; शर्तवाचक अव्ययम् (conditional particle)

• आदेशः: command / order
• आदेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• भवेत्: should be / may occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular); निर्देश/विशेषणम्

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• मरुद्गणम्: the host of Maruts
• मरुद्गणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular); समासः मरुतां गणः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Daityas (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker claims that with the king’s favor they can overcome the three worlds and even subdue Indra with the Maruts; imagery expands from court to cosmic battlefield.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Maruts
• Daityas
• Danuja-lord (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reliance on a leader’s favor for conquest reflects worldly loyalty, yet Purāṇas often show such confidence collapsing before divine truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No direct tīrtha reference; it is part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.