Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

शशांककौमुदी त्वं च सौरी शक्तिस्त्वमेव च । सर्वदेवमयी शक्तिस्त्वमेव परमेश्वरी

Transliteration

śaśāṃkakaumudī tvaṃ ca saurī śaktistvameva ca | sarvadevamayī śaktistvameva parameśvarī

Translation

నీవే చంద్రుని శీతల కౌముది, నీవే సూర్యుని శక్తి. సర్వదేవమయమైన శక్తి నీవే—నీవే పరమేశ్వరి.

Word by Word

• śaśāṅka-kaumudī: moonlight
• śaśāṅka-kaumudī: Predicate/Complement (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśāṅka (प्रातिपदिक) + kaumudī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: शशांकस्य (चन्द्रस्य) कौमुदी

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• saurī: solar power/energy
• saurī: Predicate/Complement (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सूर्य-सम्बन्धिनी

• śaktiḥ: power
• śaktiḥ: Predicate/Complement (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed/alone
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• sarva-deva-mayī: consisting of all gods
• sarva-deva-mayī: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + mayī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः: सर्वैः देवैः मयी/देवमयी (consisting of all gods)

• śaktiḥ: power
• śaktiḥ: Predicate/Complement (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed/alone
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• parameśvarī: the Supreme Goddess
• parameśvarī: Predicate/Complement (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī is envisioned as both the moon’s cool radiance and the sun’s power, then as the all-gods-contained Supreme; imagery shifts from soothing lunar glow to blazing solar aura, resolving into a single transcendent form.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Parameśvarī)
• Moon (Śaśāṅka)
• Sun (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The many divine powers are unified in the Supreme Goddess; worship of Śakti is worship of the whole cosmos’ sustaining energy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa stuti sequence, reinforcing Kāśī’s identity as a supremely protected and sanctified kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; it supports devotional recitation (stotra) as a meritorious act.