Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 205

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मांडांतरसंस्थेषु भुंजन्भोगान्मनोरमान् । सर्वैः संपूजितो विष्णो यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

Transliteration

brahmāṃḍāṃtarasaṃstheṣu bhuṃjanbhogānmanoramān | sarvaiḥ saṃpūjito viṣṇo yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Translation

ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଣ୍ଡାନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ବସି, ମନୋହର ଭୋଗ ଉପଭୋଗ କରି, ଏବଂ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପୂଜିତ ହୋଇ—ହେ ବିଷ୍ଣୁ—ଏହି ଅବସ୍ଥା ମହାପ୍ରଳୟ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ରହେ।

Word by Word

• brahmāṇḍa: cosmic egg, universe
• brahmāṇḍa: Sambandha (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + aṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास; समासाङ्ग (ब्रह्माण्ड-)

• antara: inside, interior
• antara: Sambandha (Qualifier within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; समासाङ्ग (अन्तर-)

• saṃstheṣu: in the abodes/places
• saṃstheṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃstha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी बहुवचन; ‘-स्थ’ (स्थित) अर्थे

• bhuñjan: enjoying
• bhuñjan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) → bhuñjat (कृदन्त, शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि वर्तमान कृदन्त (participle)

• bhogān: enjoyments
• bhogān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन

• manoramān: delightful
• manoramān: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manorama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (भोगान्)

• sarvaiḥ: by all (people)
• sarvaiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन

• saṃpūjitaḥ: worshipped
• saṃpūjitaḥ: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√pūj (धातु) → saṃpūjita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे (passive participle)

• viṣṇo: O Vishnu
• viṣṇo: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative) एकवचन

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधि/पर्यन्तबोधक—‘until’)

• ābhūta: up to the beings/creation (i.e., till dissolution)
• ābhūta: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास (आ + भूत) ‘यावत्’ सह अवध्यर्थे

• saṃplavam: deluge, dissolution
• saṃplavam: Karma (Extent/अवधि as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃplava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; अवध्यर्थे (पर्यन्त)

Speaker

Narratorial phala-śruti style statement within Kāśīkhaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary panorama of layered cosmic spheres with jeweled cities; a devotee’s subtle body ascends, welcomed by radiant beings; Viṣṇu’s presence implied as the sustaining lord, with honors offered by celestial attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit earned through sacred practice is portrayed as yielding long-lasting, exalted states—yet still within saṃsāra’s cosmic cycles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This appears as a results-verse within Kāśī’s Gaṅgā-centered narrative, indirectly reinforcing the tīrtha-power of Gaṅgā in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it describes the fruit (phala) that follows from the preceding worship/recitation observances.