Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

देवतायतनानां च राजिभिः परिराजितम् । सुयूपा यत्र वै ग्रामाः सुवित्तर्द्धि विराजिताः

Transliteration

devatāyatanānāṃ ca rājibhiḥ parirājitam | suyūpā yatra vai grāmāḥ suvittarddhi virājitāḥ

Translation

(แผ่นดินนั้น) จะรุ่งเรืองด้วยแนวเรียงของเทวสถาน และหมู่บ้านทั้งหลาย ณ ที่นั้น—มีเสายูปะอันงามเป็นเครื่องหมาย—จะส่องประกายด้วยทรัพย์และความรุ่งเรืองอันประเสริฐ

Word by Word

• देवतायतनानाम्: of temples/shrines of deities
• देवतायतनानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक) + आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (Neuter, Genitive, Plural)

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

• राजिभिः: with rows/lines
• राजिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Plural)

• परिराजितम्: adorned; made splendid
• परिराजितम्: Visheshya-Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि+राज् (धातु) → परिराजित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; past passive participle)

• सुयूपाः: having fine sacrificial posts
• सुयूपाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + यूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ग्रामाः: villages
• ग्रामाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सुवित्तर्द्धि: good wealth and prosperity
• सुवित्तर्द्धि: Hetu/Upadhi (Qualifying attribute/उपाधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + वित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; copulative compound)

• विराजिताः: shining; splendid
• विराजिताः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+राज् (धातु) → विराजित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; past passive participle)

Speaker

Gaṇas (continuing speech, deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous procession through a street lined with temples; village outskirts show yūpa posts near ritual grounds; prosperous homes and granaries indicate ‘suvitta-ṛddhi’.

Characters & Entities

• Devatā (temples)
• Yūpa (sacrificial post)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Public devotion (temples) and Vedic-aligned dharma (yūpa-sacrifice culture) are portrayed as foundations for collective prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; it continues a Kāśī-khaṇḍa merit narrative describing the fruits of sacred dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit endorsement of iṣṭa practices (sacrificial culture symbolized by yūpas) and maintaining temples (āyatana) as pūrta-like public piety.