Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

कृत्तिप्रावरणं यत्र कृतं देवेन लीलया । रुद्रावास इति ख्यातं तत्स्थानं सर्वसिद्धिदम्

Transliteration

kṛttiprāvaraṇaṃ yatra kṛtaṃ devena līlayā | rudrāvāsa iti khyātaṃ tatsthānaṃ sarvasiddhidam

Translation

தேவன் தன் லீலையால் க்ருத்தி (சருமம்) கொண்டு ஆடை செய்த இடம் ‘ருத்ராவாசம்’ எனப் புகழ்பெற்றது; அந்தப் புனிதத் தலம் எல்லாச் சித்திகளையும் அருள்வதாகும்।

Word by Word

• कृत्ति-प्रावरणम्: a covering of skin
• कृत्ति-प्रावरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रावरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक/सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• कृतम्: made
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; कर्तृकरण (agent/instrument)

• लीलया: playfully
• लीलया: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; प्रकार/हेतु (by playfully)

• रुद्र-आवासः: Rudra’s abode
• रुद्र-आवासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातम्: is known/called
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; predicate adjective

• तत्-स्थानम्: that place
• तत्-स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• सर्व-सिद्धि-दम्: granting all accomplishments
• सर्व-सिद्धि-दम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; दा धातोः कर्तरि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (tatsthānam qualifies)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual, continuing instruction to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudrāvāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra in ascetic splendor performing a mysterious līlā: fashioning a skin-garment (kṛtti) while the ground radiates; sages witness in awe; the place is marked as Rudrāvāsa with a small shrine and sacred boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Rudrāvāsa
• Śiva (Rudra)
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine līlā becomes sacred geography: Śiva’s acts sanctify a locale, making it a giver of spiritual attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rudrāvāsa—identified as the place connected with Śiva’s kṛtti-prāvaraṇa (skin-garment) act in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse primarily identifies the site and its promised fruit (sarva-siddhi).