Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

पुनराराध्य भूतेशं प्रापैकाममरावतीम् । यस्त्वया धर्मराजोत्र कथितः क्रतुरक्षकः

Transliteration

punarārādhya bhūteśaṃ prāpaikāmamarāvatīm | yastvayā dharmarājotra kathitaḥ kraturakṣakaḥ

Translation

ਭੂਤੇਸ਼ ਦਾ ਪੁਨਃ ਆਰਾਧਨ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਫਿਰ ਅਮਰਾਵਤੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕੀਤੀ। ਹੇ ਧਰਮਰਾਜ! ਇਹੀ ਉਹ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਨੂੰ ਤੂੰ ਇੱਥੇ ਯਜ੍ਞ ਦਾ ਰਖਵਾਲਾ ਕਹਿ ਕੇ ਵਰਣਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• ārādhya: having worshipped
• ārādhya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), उपसर्गः आ-

• bhūteśam: Bhūteśa (Lord of beings)
• bhūteśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी): ‘भूतानाम् ईशः’

• prāpa: attained
• prāpa: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ekām: one
• ekām: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (amarāvatīm)

• amarāvatīm: Amarāvatī (city of the gods)
• amarāvatīm: Karma (Object/goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amarāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karaṇa (Agent/instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• dharma-rāja: Dharma-rāja (Yama)
• dharma-rāja: Sambodhana/Viśeṣya (Addressed person/सम्बोधनार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘धर्मस्य राजा’ (यम)

• utra: O (particle)
• utra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: utra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle, often ‘O’/‘hey’)

• kathitaḥ: was told/mentioned
• kathitaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि भावः

• kratu-rakṣakaḥ: protector of the sacrifice
• kratu-rakṣakaḥ: Viśeṣya (Appositional predicate/प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kratu (प्रातिपदिक) + rakṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘क्रतोः रक्षकः’

Speaker

Dadhīci

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhūteśa (as a Kāśī Śaiva focus)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience / interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Dharmarāja/Śatakratu as ‘protector of sacrifice’ in this narrative usage) performs renewed worship to Bhūteśa: offering bilva leaves, water, and lamps to a Śiva-liṅga; his lost radiance returns, and Amarāvatī appears in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūteśa (Śiva)
• Amarāvatī
• Dharmarāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and re-alignment with Śiva (Bhūteśa) restores what is lost; divine grace re-establishes dharmic order and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Śaiva framework—Bhūteśa worship is presented as the means of restoration, resonant with Kāśī’s identity as Śiva’s city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Bhūteśa/Śiva as a remedial spiritual act.