Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

तदिहाक्षयतामेतु तस्येश त्वदनुग्रहात् । तव प्रसादात्तस्येश सर्वमक्षयमस्तु तत्

Transliteration

tadihākṣayatāmetu tasyeśa tvadanugrahāt | tava prasādāttasyeśa sarvamakṣayamastu tat

Translation

ฉะนั้น ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ขอให้บุญนั้นบังเกิดความไม่เสื่อม ณ ที่นี้ ด้วยพระอนุเคราะห์ของพระองค์ ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ด้วยพระประสาทของพระองค์ ขอให้ทั้งหมดนั้นเป็นสิ่งไม่เสื่อมสลายโดยแท้

Word by Word

• तत्: that (merit/result)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• अक्षयताम्: imperishability
• अक्षयताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षयता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक

• एतु: may it attain; let it come
• एतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• ईश: O Lord
• ईश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वत्-अनुग्रहात्: from your grace
• त्वत्-अनुग्रहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्वतः अनुग्रहः)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: from favor; from blessing
• प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• ईश: O Lord
• ईश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all; entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to Īśa/Īśvara within the verse; overall audience is the listener of Kāśī-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers folded hands before a radiant Śiva-liṅga; a gentle shower of sacred light signifies prasāda making the merit ‘akṣaya’.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśa)
• Kāśī (context)
• Akṣaya-puṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Kāśī, the enduringness of spiritual fruit is ultimately secured by Śiva’s grace (anugraha/prasāda).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī as the ‘here’ (iha) where merit is prayed to become akṣaya through Śiva’s favor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional prescription: seeking Śiva’s prasāda so that one’s puṇya becomes imperishable.