Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां च मनोवृत्तिं त्वं ज्ञास्यसि वरान्मम । किं बहूक्तेन यत्स्वर्गे यत्पाताले यदत्र च

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ ca manovṛttiṃ tvaṃ jñāsyasi varānmama | kiṃ bahūktena yatsvarge yatpātāle yadatra ca

Translation

ด้วยพรของเรา ท่านจักรู้ความเคลื่อนไหวแห่งจิตของสรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวง จะกล่าวมากไปไย? สิ่งใดมีในสวรรค์ สิ่งใดมีในปาตาล และสิ่งใดมี ณ ที่นี้—ท่านจักหยั่งรู้ทั้งหมด

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all (people/beings)
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मनोवृत्तिम्: mental disposition; thought-movement
• मनोवृत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ज्ञास्यसि: you will know
• ज्ञास्यसि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• वरात्: from the boon
• वरात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादानम्

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• किम्: what (need)
• किम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle), नपुंसक-एकवचन-प्रथमा/द्वितीया-रूपेण अव्ययीभूतम्

• बहूक्तेन: with much speaking; by many words
• बहूक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु + उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; करणम्

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

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

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• पाताले: in the netherworld
• पाताले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणम्

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative-sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The boon-giver gestures toward the three realms—heaven above, netherworld below, and earth—while the devotee receives a luminous ‘inner sight’; subtle faces of beings appear as thought-forms around them.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Pātāla
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True empowerment is portrayed as expansive knowledge and insight, granted through divine grace and aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame that glorifies Kāśī as a uniquely sanctifying spiritual landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the scope of knowledge granted as a boon.