Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

एक एव हि कामोस्ति स्वर्गे सोप्यंगवर्जितः । सांगोपांगाश्च सर्वेषां सर्वे कामा हि तद्भुवि

Transliteration

eka eva hi kāmosti svarge sopyaṃgavarjitaḥ | sāṃgopāṃgāśca sarveṣāṃ sarve kāmā hi tadbhuvi

Translation

ในสวรรค์มีความรื่นรมย์เพียงอย่างเดียว และแม้นั้นก็ยังไม่ครบถ้วนไร้องค์ประกอบ; แต่ในแว่นแคว้นนั้นบนโลก สำหรับทุกผู้คน ความปรารถนาทั้งปวงมีพร้อมทั้งองค์และอุปองค์ครบครัน

Word by Word

• एकः: one
• एकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• एव: only/indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• हि: for/indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Particle (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• कामः: desire/pleasure
• कामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सः: that/he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• अङ्गवर्जितः: devoid of limbs/parts
• अङ्गवर्जितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्ग + वर्जित (कृदन्त; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘वर्जित’ from √वर्ज्; तत्पुरुष (अङ्गैः वर्जितः)

• साङ्गोपाङ्गाः: with limbs and sub-limbs; complete in all parts
• साङ्गोपाङ्गाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + अङ्ग + उपाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वार्थे ‘अङ्ग-उपाङ्ग’ सह (with limbs and sub-limbs)

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

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• कामाः: desires/pleasures
• कामाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Particle (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• तद्भुवि: on that earth/in that world
• तद्भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + भुवि(भू) (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (तस्यां भुवि)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśīkṣetra (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer figure typical of Kāśī-māhātmya dialogues (not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Allegorical contrast: a narrow, uniform svarga pleasure scene (single motif) versus a rich Kāśī scene where diverse human aims—worship, learning, trade, family rites—appear harmonized around the Gaṅgā and temples.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Divodāsa (implied)
• Kāśī (implied realm)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly fulfillment is presented as most wholesome when supported by dharma—Kāśī becomes a model where prosperity is ‘complete’ rather than deficient.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is praised indirectly as the realm whose sanctity and dharmic order yield complete well-being.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive, highlighting the fruit of dharmic order rather than a specific vrata, dāna, or snāna.