Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

तद्भूमित्रसरेणूनां संख्यया युगमानया । महेंद्र चंद्रलोकेषु भुक्त्वा भोगान्मनःप्रियान्

Transliteration

tadbhūmitrasareṇūnāṃ saṃkhyayā yugamānayā | maheṃdra caṃdralokeṣu bhuktvā bhogānmanaḥpriyān

Translation

ตลอดกาลยุกะอันยาวนานเท่าจำนวนธุลีจากแผ่นดินศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น บุคคลย่อมเสวยสุขอันชื่นใจในโลกของมหೇಂದ್ರ (อินทรา) และโลกพระจันทร์

Word by Word

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (genitival)

• भूमि: earth/ground
• भूमि: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• त्रस: trembling/shaking
• त्रस: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• रेणूनाम्: of the dust-particles (of the trembling earth)
• रेणूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: reṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; समासः: तत्-भूमि-त्रस-रेणु (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध)

• संख्यया: by the number
• संख्यया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)

• युगमानया: measuring in yugas
• युगमानया: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yugamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (संख्यायाः)

• महेंद्र: O Mahendra (Indra)
• महेंद्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahendra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; संबोधन/प्रथमा-प्रयोग (contextual)

• चंद्रलोकेषु: in the lunar worlds
• चंद्रलोकेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra-loka (प्रातिपदिक; चन्द्र + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; समासः: चन्द्रस्य लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया; धातु: भुज् (to enjoy/eat)

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म (object)

• मनःप्रियान्: dear to the mind
• मनःप्रियान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manaḥ-priya (प्रातिपदिक; मनस् + प्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (भोगान्); समासः: मनसः प्रियः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim kneels and touches the dust of Kāśī’s lanes/ghāṭ steps; the dust rises as a luminous aura transforming into celestial chariots carrying the soul to Indra’s and Soma’s realms.

Characters & Entities

• Mahendra (Indra)
• Candra
• Kāśī (context)
• Gaṅgā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even contact with the sacred kṣetra is portrayed as storing vast merit that yields long-lasting celestial results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘that ground’ refers to the praised sacred landscape of Kāśī and its Gaṅgā-connected kṣetra in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified here; it emphasizes the phala (result) tied to the sanctity of the kṣetra’s very dust.