Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

मातर्भवानि भवती भवतीव्रदुःखसंभारहारिणि शरण्यमिहास्ति नान्या । धन्यास्त एव भुवनेषु त एव मान्या येषु स्फुरेत्तवशुभः करुणाकटाक्षः

Transliteration

mātarbhavāni bhavatī bhavatīvraduḥkhasaṃbhārahāriṇi śaraṇyamihāsti nānyā | dhanyāsta eva bhuvaneṣu ta eva mānyā yeṣu sphurettavaśubhaḥ karuṇākaṭākṣaḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่พระมารดาภวานี พระองค์เท่านั้นผู้ทรงขจัดภาระแห่งทุกข์อันรุนแรงหนักหนา ที่นี่ไม่มีที่พึ่งอื่นนอกจากพระองค์ ผู้ใดได้รับประกายพระเนตรอันเป็นมงคลและเปี่ยมกรุณาของพระองค์ ผู้นั้นแลเป็นผู้มีบุญแท้ในโลกทั้งหลาย และเป็นผู้ควรแก่การเคารพบูชา

Word by Word

• मातर्: O Mother
• मातर्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• भवानि: O Bhavānī
• भवानि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• भवती: you
• भवती: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आदरार्थे ‘you’

• भवतीव्रदुःखसंभारहारिणि: O remover of the intense heap of sorrows
• भवतीव्रदुःखसंभारहारिणि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवती + इव्र? + दुःख + संभार + हारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समास-प्रधानार्थः: ‘(भवती) तीव्र-दुःख-संभारं हरति या’ इति; पाठे ‘भवतीव्र-’ इति सन्धि/पाठभेदसम्भवः (भवती + तीव्र...)

• शरण्यम्: refuge
• शरण्यम्: Karta-predicative (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘शरणं दातुम् योग्यं’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Adverbial place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक adverb): ‘here’

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध particle)

• अन्या: another (refuge)
• अन्या: Karta-predicative (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अन्या (शरण्यम्)’ इति लुप्त-विशेष्य

• धन्याः: blessed
• धन्याः: Karta-predicative (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘ते’ इति विशेषणम्

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण particle): ‘only/indeed’

• भुवनेषु: in the worlds
• भुवनेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण)

• मान्याः: worthy of honor
• मान्याः: Karta-predicative (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘ते’ इति विशेषणम्

• येषु: in whom
• येषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative in relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• स्फुरेत्: may shine, may appear
• स्फुरेत्: Kriyā (Verb in relative clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्फुर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• शुभः: auspicious
• शुभः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; करुणाकटाक्षः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• करुणाकटाक्षः: a compassionate glance
• करुणाकटाक्षः: Karta (Subject of sphuret)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करुणा + कटाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: करुणायाः कटाक्षः

Speaker

Ravi (Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Bhavānī-śaraṇya-bhāva)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhavānī (Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, weighed down by sorrow, pleads ‘Mother Bhavānī’; Devī’s face softens and her compassionate sidelong glance falls like a beam of light, lifting the burden; those touched by that glance appear honored and radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Bhavānī (Devī)
• Karuṇā (compassion)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) in the Mother is the cure for suffering; grace is experienced as her compassionate glance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where devotion to Bhavānī/Śakti is upheld as a direct refuge and bestower of auspiciousness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is stated; the teaching centers on refuge, prayer, and seeking Devī’s grace.