Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

भगवन्सर्वगोपीह तिष्ठ पंचनदे ह्रदे । हिताय सर्व जंतूनां मुमुक्षूणां विशेषतः

Transliteration

bhagavansarvagopīha tiṣṭha paṃcanade hrade | hitāya sarva jaṃtūnāṃ mumukṣūṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่พระผู้แผ่ซ่านทั่วสรรพสิ่ง ขอพระองค์ประทับอยู่ ณ สระปัญจนท (ปัญจนทหรท) แห่งนี้ เพื่อเกื้อกูลสรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวง โดยเฉพาะผู้ใฝ่โมกษะ

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• सर्वग: O all-pervading one
• सर्वग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + ग (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √गम्)
• Form: उपपद-समास (सर्वत्र गच्छति/सर्वं गच्छति), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषण

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

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

• तिष्ठ: stay
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पञ्चनदे: in Pañcanada (place of five rivers)
• पञ्चनदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + नदी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (नदी), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (पञ्च नद्यः यस्मिन्)

• ह्रदे: in the lake
• ह्रदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• हिताय: for the welfare
• हिताय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (कृदन्त; √धा/√हि ‘to place’ → ‘beneficial’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (हित), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (for the sake of)

• सर्व: of all
• सर्व: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; ‘जन्तूनाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• जन्तूनाम्: of beings
• जन्तूनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• मुमुक्षूणाम्: of those desiring liberation
• मुमुक्षूणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुमुक्षु (कृदन्त; √मुच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; इच्छार्थक-प्रत्यय (desiderative adjective used substantively)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

Speaker

Agnibindu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcanada-hrada

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a lotus-filled sacred pond, the sage gestures toward the waters and surrounding ghāṭa, beseeching Viṣṇu to remain; pilgrims in the distance perform snāna and offer lamps, suggesting future benefit.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Pañcanada Hrada (Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true devotee seeks not only personal gain but a divine presence that uplifts all beings—especially liberation-seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pañcanada Hrada (the sacred lake/pond called Pañcanada) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated, but the verse frames Pañcanada Hrada as a liberation-oriented tirtha where the Lord’s abiding presence benefits pilgrims.