Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

विद्याधरीकिन्नरीभिस्त्रिकालं कृतमंडनम् । अमरीचमरीराजि वीज्यमानमितस्ततः

Transliteration

vidyādharīkinnarībhistrikālaṃ kṛtamaṃḍanam | amarīcamarīrāji vījyamānamitastataḥ

Translation

เหล่าวิทยาธารีและกินนรีประดับตกแต่งวันละสามกาล และมันถูกพัดโบกจากทุกทิศด้วยแถวชามระอันเรืองรองของหมู่นารีสวรรค์ที่ส่องประกาย

Word by Word

• विद्याधरीकिन्नरीभिः: by vidyādharīs and kinnarīs
• विद्याधरीकिन्नरीभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्याधरी (प्रातिपदिक) + किन्नरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (विद्याधर्यः च किन्नर्यः च), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• त्रिकालम्: at the three times (always)
• त्रिकालम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (त्रिषु कालेषु/त्रिकालं = always/at the three times); क्रियाविशेषण

• कृतमण्डनम्: having adornment done; well-decorated
• कृतमण्डनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) + मण्डन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभाव (कृतं मण्डनं यस्य तत्), भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘कृत’, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अमरीचमरीराजि: a row/cluster of fly-whisks and fans
• अमरीचमरीराजि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरीच (प्रातिपदिक) + अमरी (प्रातिपदिक) + राजि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व/समुच्चयार्थसमास (अमरीचं च अमरी च; राजिः = पङ्क्तिः/समूहः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (पदप्रयोगे अव्यक्त; विशेषणवत्)

• वीज्यमानम्: being fanned
• वीज्यमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीज् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• इतस्: from here/this side
• इतस्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (ablatival adverb)

• ततः: from there/that side
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Celestial Vidyādharīs and Kinnarīs adorn the shrine thrice daily; shimmering groups of divine women wave white cāmaras from all sides, creating a halo-like motion around the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Vidyādharī
• Kinnarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regularity in devotion—trikāla worship—signifies steadiness (niṣṭhā) and honors the deity through continual service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), where Śiva’s worship is portrayed as eternally celebrated even by celestial beings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Trikāla maṇḍana—adorning the deity three times daily, along with attendant services like fanning (vījana).