Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

हरेरायतनान्युच्चैः प्रतिसौधं पदेपदे । तस्य राज्ये समभवन्महाभाग्यनिधेः शिवे

Transliteration

harerāyatanānyuccaiḥ pratisaudhaṃ padepade | tasya rājye samabhavanmahābhāgyanidheḥ śive

Translation

သူ၏နိုင်ငံ၌ ဟရိ၏ အမြင့်မြတ်သော ဘုရားကျောင်းများသည်—အိမ်ကြီးတိုင်းရှေ့၊ ခြေလှမ်းတိုင်း၌ ထင်ရှားစွာ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာ하였다။ အို ရှိဝါမယ်တော်၊ မဟာကံကောင်းခြင်း၏ خزန်ဖြစ်သူ၏ နိုင်ငံ၌ ထိုသို့သော တင့်တယ်မှု ပေါ်ပေါက်ခဲ့သည်။

Word by Word

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आयतनानि: shrines / temples
• आयतनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• उच्चैः: high / loftily
• उच्चैः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• प्रति-सौधम्: at each mansion
• प्रति-सौधम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + सौध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्ययत्वेन प्रयोगः — अर्थः ‘प्रत्येकं सौधम्’ (in/at each mansion)

• पदे: at every step
• पदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (पुनरुक्त्यर्थे)

• पदे: at every step
• पदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; पुनरुक्तिः (pade pade = everywhere)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• राज्ये: in (his) kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• समभवन्: came to be / arose
• समभवन्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपदम्; ‘they came to be/occurred’

• महाभाग्य-निधेः: of the treasure of great fortune
• महाभाग्य-निधेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (महद् भाग्यं यस्य/महाभाग्यस्य निधिः) — सम्बोधन/सम्बन्धे; ‘of the treasure of great fortune’

• शिवे: in Śiva (i.e., in Kāśī/auspicious place)
• शिवे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरणे (in Śiva’s [city]/in auspiciousness) — पाठानुसार

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śivā (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred cityscape: every mansion crowned with a small Hari shrine; streets lined with flags and lamps; devotees moving from doorway to doorway in continuous worship; the address ‘O Śivā’ suggests a narrated marvel.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Śivā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic, blessed reign expresses itself as public devotion—temples and sacred spaces flourish everywhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises widespread temple-building rather than naming a single tirtha; it sits within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader sanctification of sacred space.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the merit of establishing temples (devālaya-pratiṣṭhā) is celebrated, though no step-by-step rite is given.