Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
Devanagari script
गलन्मधू ककुसुमैर्धरारूपधरंहरम् । स्वहस्तमुक्तमुक्ताभिरर्चयंतमिवानिशम्
Transliteration
galanmadhū kakusumairdharārūpadharaṃharam | svahastamuktamuktābhirarcayaṃtamivāniśam
Translation
தேன் சொட்டும் ககு மலர்களால் அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்ட பூமி, உருவம் கொண்டு வந்ததுபோல், தன் கையிலிருந்து விடுபட்ட முத்துகளை அர்ப்பணித்து, ஹரன் (சிவன்) அவரை இடையறாது வழிபடுகின்றதெனத் தோன்றியது।
Word by Word
galatdripping, flowing down
galat:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootgal (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रायः), प्रथमा/द्वितीया? नपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचनं (विशेषणरूपेण) — present participle used adjectivally
madhūnihoneys (drops of honey)
madhūni:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन — nominative plural
kakusumaiḥwith kakusuma-flowers
kakusumaiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkakusuma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd) बहुवचन — instrumental plural
dharā-rūpa-dharambearing the form of the Earth
dharā-rūpa-dharam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharā (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमासः (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: ‘धरायाः रूपं धारयति’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन — accusative singular (qualifying haram)
haramHara (Śiva)
haram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roothara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन — accusative singular
sva-hasta-mukta-muktābhiḥwith pearls released from (one’s) own hand
sva-hasta-mukta-muktābhiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + hasta (प्रातिपदिक) + mukta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + muktā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमासः (‘स्वहस्तेन मुक्ताः मuktāḥ’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd) बहुवचन — instrumental plural
arcayantamworshipping
arcayantam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootarc (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन — accusative singular participle ‘worshipping’ (qualifying haram)
ivaas if, like
iva:
Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)
aniśamconstantly, unceasingly
aniśam:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootaniśa (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)
Speaker
Skanda
Characters & Entities
H
Hara (Śiva)K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)D
Dharā (Earth)FAQs
In Kāśī, devotion is portrayed as perpetual—creation itself (Earth and blossoms) becomes an offering to Śiva.
Kāśī, depicted as a place where worship of Hara (Śiva) is continuous and natural.
Implied pūjā through flowers and precious offerings; no explicit rule is stated.