Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

यावत्संपत्तिसंभारो दिक्पालानां गृहेषु वै । मत्परिग्रहतां प्राप्य तावतस्त्वमिहेश्वरी

Transliteration

yāvatsaṃpattisaṃbhāro dikpālānāṃ gṛheṣu vai | matparigrahatāṃ prāpya tāvatastvamiheśvarī

Translation

திசைப்பாலர்களின் இல்லங்களில் சேர்க்கப்பட்ட செல்வவளம் எத்தனை காலம் நிலைத்திருக்குமோ, அத்தனை காலம்—என் பாதுகாப்பை அடைந்து—நீ இங்கே அரசியாய் (அதீஸ்வரியாக) இருப்பாய்।

Word by Word

• यावत्: as much as / as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb: ‘as long as/so much as’)

• सम्पत्ति-सम्भारः: the collection of wealth/prosperity
• सम्पत्ति-सम्भारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘सम्पत्तेः सम्भारः’

• दिक्पालानाम्: of the guardians of the directions
• दिक्पालानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘दिशां पालाः’

• गृहेषु: in the houses
• गृहेषु: Adhikarana (location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• मत्-परिग्रह-ताम्: the state of being my consort/possession
• मत्-परिग्रह-ताम्: Karma (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + ता (प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘मत्परिग्रह’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘मम परिग्रहः’) + ता (भाववाचक) = ‘being my consort/possession’

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having obtained’

• तावतः: so much / that much
• तावतः: Visheshana (quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक (correlative: ‘so much/that much’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (context/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ईश्वरी: O goddess / mistress
• ईश्वरी: Sambodhana (address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि (vocative sense possible)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not shown in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: the eight Dikpālas in their jeweled abodes (Indra, Agni, Yama, Nirṛti, Varuṇa, Vāyu, Kubera, Īśāna) shown as distant panels, while the central figure is sheltered beneath a divine canopy signifying ‘my protection,’ receiving a crown or insignia of sovereignty.

Characters & Entities

• Dikpāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine ‘acceptance/protection’ (parigraha) is presented as the basis for lasting dignity and authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting implies Kāśī’s sacred economy of merit, though no single tīrtha-name appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit practice is stated; the verse emphasizes the duration and grandeur of the promised fruit.