Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

यो गीतवाद्यनृत्यानामेकं मत्प्रीतये व्यधात् । तस्याग्रतो दिवारात्रं भवेत्तौर्यत्रिकं महत्

Transliteration

yo gītavādyanṛtyānāmekaṃ matprītaye vyadhāt | tasyāgrato divārātraṃ bhavettauryatrikaṃ mahat

Translation

Кто ради Моего благоволения совершит хотя бы одно — пение, игру на инструментах или танец, — перед ним день и ночь будет великое тройственное торжество музыки и празднества.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• gīta-vādya-nṛtyānām: of singing, instrumental music, and dancing
• gīta-vādya-nṛtyānām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīta (प्रातिपदिक) + vādya (प्रातिपदिक) + nṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; 'गीतं च वाद्यं च नृत्यं च'

• ekam: one (item/act)
• ekam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• mat-prītaye: for my pleasure
• mat-prītaye: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (प्रातिपदिक) + prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम प्रीतिः) + सम्प्रदानार्थे

• vyadhāt: performed/arranged
• vyadhāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhā (धा॒तु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/लुङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः वि-

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• agrataḥ: in front (of him)
• agrataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agrataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (in front of)

• divā-rātram: day and night
• divā-rātram: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā (अव्यय) + rātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; कालवाचक-अव्यय (day and night, continuously)

• bhavet: would be / should occur
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• taurya-trikam: the great triad of performing arts
• taurya-trikam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taurya (प्रातिपदिक) + trika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तौर्याणां त्रिकम्)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (taurya-trikam इति)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from ‘mat-prītaye’ and continued first-person devotional framing)

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Viśveśvara
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional arts offered to Śiva are powerful worship; even one sincere performance becomes a source of continual auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Śiva worship context, centered on Viśveśvara’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing singing, instrumental music, or dance as an offering (sevā) for the Lord’s pleasure.