Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

शैलराजेन रत्नानि यानि पुंजीकृतान्यहो । उत्तरे कालराजस्य तानि तस्य गिरेर्वृषात्

Transliteration

śailarājena ratnāni yāni puṃjīkṛtānyaho | uttare kālarājasya tāni tasya girervṛṣāt

Translation

అహో! శైలరాజుడు గుట్టలుగా కూడబెట్టిన రత్నాలు, కాలరాజునకు ఉత్తరంగా, ఆ పర్వతపు ఎత్తైన వాలుపై ఉండెను।

Word by Word

• शैलराजेन: by the king of mountains
• शैलराजेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैलराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘शैलानां राजा’

• रत्नानि: jewels
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• पुञ्जीकृतानि: were heaped together
• पुञ्जीकृतानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुञ्जीकृ (धातु; पुञ्ज + कृ)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘heaped/collected’

• अहो: ah!, indeed
• अहो: Kriya-visheshana (Exclamatory/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (exclamation/particle)

• उत्तरे: in the north
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘in the northern (part)’

• कालराजस्य: of Kālarāja
• कालराजस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘कालस्य राजा’

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गिरेः: from the mountain
• गिरेः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Gen/Abl), एकवचन; अत्र अपादानार्थे (Ablative sense)

• वृषात्: from the bull (Vṛṣa)
• वृषात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision: the ‘king of mountains’ has heaped jewels on a lofty northern slope beyond a place called Kālarāja; the scene foreshadows the jewel-liṅga’s material origin.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Śailarāja
• Kālarāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred manifestations are anchored in sacred geography; the Purāṇa ties divine presence to identifiable landscapes to guide pilgrimage and remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the backdrop for Ratneśvara’s prādurbhāva; the immediate line names a mountain setting (Śailarāja, Kālarāja) rather than a Kāśī ghāṭa or tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it provides geographical-narrative placement for the māhātmya.