Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

क्षिप्रमागमयित्वा च नत्वा दूरंगतानपि । कृतकृत्यान्विधायाथ चिंतितैः समनोरथैः

Transliteration

kṣipramāgamayitvā ca natvā dūraṃgatānapi | kṛtakṛtyānvidhāyātha ciṃtitaiḥ samanorathaiḥ

Translation

และทรงบันดาลให้ (เขาทั้งหลาย) มาใกล้โดยฉับพลัน ทั้งยังนอบน้อมแม้ต่อผู้ที่อยู่ไกล แล้วจึงทำให้เขาเป็นผู้สำเร็จกิจ—ประทานความปรารถนาที่ได้ใคร่ครวญไว้ให้สมดังมโนรถ

Word by Word

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्रम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: quickly)

• आगमयित्वा: having brought (made come)
• आगमयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) (णिच् causative: आगमयति)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive) causative; अव्ययभाव; ‘having caused to come/brought’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• नत्वा: having bowed
• नत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव

• दूरंगतान्: those who had gone far
• दूरंगतान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त, √गम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (दूरं गताः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bhava (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक (particle: even/also)

• कृतकृत्यान्: those who have accomplished their duties
• कृतकृत्यान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त, √कृ) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (कृतं कृत्यं येषाम्)

• विधाय: having arranged
• विधाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-प्रयोगार्थे ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष (Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having arranged/settled’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Vakya-sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequencing particle: then)

• चिन्तितैः: with contemplated
• चिन्तितैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्तित (कृदन्त, √चिन्त्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• समनोरथैः: with harmonious wishes
• समनोरथैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (सम्यक् मनोरथाः/समनोरथाः)

Speaker

Śiva (continuing instruction; exact agent implied—Āśāvināyaka/Vighnajit as fulfiller)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āśāvināyaka / Vighnajit (contextual)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A miraculous sequence: the deity swiftly draws near even those far away; devotees bow; their tasks become accomplished and their contemplated wishes are granted.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine aid in Kāśī is portrayed as swift and far-reaching—meeting devotees wherever they are and completing their intended aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī by context (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), where such immediate grace is described as operative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it continues describing the mode of grace/fruit associated with the worship and vrata under discussion.