Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

निर्मलानां कलानां च शेवधिर्यश्च गीयते । उद्यन्परोपतापं यः स्वकरैर्गलहस्तयेत्

Transliteration

nirmalānāṃ kalānāṃ ca śevadhiryaśca gīyate | udyanparopatāpaṃ yaḥ svakarairgalahastayet

Translation

พระองค์ผู้ได้รับสรรเสริญว่าเป็นคลังแห่งกลีบกาลาอันผ่องใสไร้มลทิน และเมื่อทรงอุทัย ก็ทรงใช้รัศมีของพระองค์เองฉวยรัดและดับความร้อนแผดเผาที่กดทับสรรพชีวิต

Word by Word

• निर्मलानाम्: of pure
• निर्मलानाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (कलानाम्) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कलानाम्: of digits/phases (arts)
• कलानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शेवधिः: treasure
• शेवधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गीयते: is sung/praised
• गीयते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• उद्यन्: rising
• उद्यन्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + या (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (Present participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (यः) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• परोपतापम्: others’ affliction/torment
• परोपतापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक) + उपताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः परस्य उपतापः

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वकरैः: with his own hands/rays
• स्वकरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः स्व + कर

• गलहस्तयेत्: would seize/hold (by the hand)
• गलहस्तयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + णिच्? (denominative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धात्वर्थः—हस्तेन ग्रहणं/आकर्षणम् (to seize by the hand)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues, commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages / interlocutor(s)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Moon rising over a landscape, its spotless phases like a treasury; moonbeams physically ‘grasping’ and subduing oppressive heat as people and animals find relief.

Characters & Entities

• Candramā (Moon)
• Kalā (lunar phases)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine sustains the world through cooling grace and orderly cycles—purity and relief are portrayed as sacred functions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it contributes to the wider Kāśī-khaṇḍa praise framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is descriptive praise of the Moon’s phases and beneficence.