Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

नाना नेपथ्यवस्तूनि पूजोपकरणाऽन्यपि । स श्रियालंकृतस्तिष्ठेद्यत्र कुत्रापि सत्तमः

Transliteration

nānā nepathyavastūni pūjopakaraṇā'nyapi | sa śriyālaṃkṛtastiṣṭhedyatra kutrāpi sattamaḥ

Translation

เมื่อถวายเครื่องประดับนานาชนิด และอุปกรณ์บูชาอื่น ๆ ด้วยแล้ว บุรุษผู้ประเสริฐนั้นย่อมดำรงอยู่พร้อมศรีความรุ่งเรือง ไม่ว่าอยู่แห่งหนใด

Word by Word

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• नाना: Visheshana (Modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: variously/many kinds)

• नेपथ्यवस्तूनि: costume/attire items
• नेपथ्यवस्तूनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेपथ्य + वस्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नेपथ्यस्य वस्तूनि)

• पूजोपकरणानि: articles for worship
• पूजोपकरणानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा + उपकरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पूजायाः उपकरणानि)

• अन्य: other
• अन्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (उपकरणानि)

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रिया: with prosperity/splendour
• श्रिया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• अलंकृतः: adorned
• अलंकृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलंकृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ with अलम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषणम् (सः)

• तिष्ठेत्: should remain/stand
• तिष्ठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• कुत्र: anywhere
• कुत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न/अनिश्चित-देशवाचक-अव्यय (where/anywhere)

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

• सत्तमः: the best of the good
• सत्तमः: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उत्तम-तुल्य-तमतम-प्रत्ययान्त (superlative)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara-kṣetra (Śṛṅgāra-maṇḍapa offering context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience in Kāśī-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence montage: devotees offering lamps, vessels, cloth, garlands; then the same devotee later in a distant home, still radiant with prosperity and dignity, indicating ‘wherever’ fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Pūjā
• Śrī (prosperity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gifts made in devotion—especially for worship—are said to yield enduring auspiciousness beyond the holy site itself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s worship precincts connected to Śiva’s described pavilions; the emphasis is on the place-sanctified act of offering.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donating adornment-items and pūjā implements as sacred offerings.