Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

यदा च राजा भविता दिवोदासो विधेर्वरात् । तदा मे वचनात्तात प्रासादं मे विधास्यति

Transliteration

yadā ca rājā bhavitā divodāso vidhervarāt | tadā me vacanāttāta prāsādaṃ me vidhāsyati

Translation

ବିଧାତା ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଙ୍କ ବରପ୍ରଭାବରେ ଯେତେବେଳେ ରାଜା ଦିବୋଦାସ ଉଦ୍ଭବିବେ, ତେତେବେଳେ ହେ ପ୍ରିୟ, ମୋର ବଚନରେ ସେ ମୋ ପାଇଁ ପ୍ରାସାଦସଦୃଶ ମନ୍ଦିର ନିର୍ମାଣ କରାଇବେ।

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'when')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भविता: will become
• भविता: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दिवोदासः: Divodāsa
• दिवोदासः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवोदास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विधेः: of Brahmā (Vidhī)
• विधेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वरात्: from the boon
• वरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• मे: to/for me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• वचनात्: from (my) word/command
• वचनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तात: dear one / son
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रासादम्: palace
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• विधास्यति: will construct/arrange
• विधास्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Kāśī-khaṇḍa Avimukta/Viśvanātha context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viśvakarman / a close attendant addressed as 'tāta' (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic moment: the deity foresees King Divodāsa, born by Brahmā’s boon, commissioning a lofty prāsāda in Kāśī; artisans and celestial plans implied.

Characters & Entities

• Divodāsa
• Vidhā (Brahmā)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred space is upheld by divine will and dharmic kingship; building shrines becomes an instrument for restoring holy geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī/Avimukta—the eternal sacred field where Śiva’s presence is specially affirmed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the act emphasized is prāsāda-nirmāṇa (constructing a shrine/temple) as a dharmic service.