Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

विश्वकर्मेश महिमा दक्षयज्ञसमुद्भवः । सत्या देहविसर्गश्च ततो दक्षेश्वरोद्भवः

Transliteration

viśvakarmeśa mahimā dakṣayajñasamudbhavaḥ | satyā dehavisargaśca tato dakṣeśvarodbhavaḥ

Translation

ต่อจากนั้นประกาศมหิมาแห่งวิศวกรรมเมศะ การอุบัติที่เกี่ยวเนื่องกับยัชญะของทักษะ การสละกายของสตี และภายหลังคือการปรากฏแห่งทักษเษศวระ

Word by Word

• विश्वकर्मेश: Viśvakarmeśa
• विश्वकर्मेश: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: विश्वकर्मणः ईशः (Lord of Viśvakarman); प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (as head of phrase)

• महिमा: glory
• महिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: विश्वकर्मेशस्य महिमा

• दक्ष: Dakṣa
• दक्ष: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (in compound with यज्ञसमुद्भवः)

• यज्ञ: sacrifice
• यज्ञ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (in compound with समुद्भवः)

• समुद्भवः: arising; origin
• समुद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + उद् + भू (धातु) → उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: दक्षयज्ञस्य समुद्भवः (arising from Dakṣa’s sacrifice)

• सत्या: Satī
• सत्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; (name: Satī)

• देह: body
• देह: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (in compound with विसर्गः)

• विसर्गः: abandonment; relinquishing
• विसर्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि + सृज् (धातु) → विसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: देहस्य विसर्गः (abandoning of the body)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तर (then)

• दक्षेश्वर: Dakṣeśvara
• दक्षेश्वर: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: दक्षस्य ईश्वरः (Dakṣeśvara); (in compound with उद्भवः)

• उद्भवः: origin; manifestation
• उद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद् + भू (धातु) → उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: दक्षेश्वरस्य उद्भवः (origin of Dakṣeśvara)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvakarmēśa; Dakṣeśvara (Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic mythic montage: Viśvakarmēśa’s greatness, the Dakṣa-yajña scene, Satī relinquishing her body in yogic fire, and the subsequent manifestation of Dakṣeśvara—set as temple panels within Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmeśa
• Dakṣa
• Dakṣa-yajña
• Satī
• Dakṣeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic events and moral narratives (pride, sacrifice, and consequence) are anchored to sacred sites, making pilgrimage a way to remember dharma and humility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśvakarmeśa and Dakṣeśvara—Śaiva sacred presences whose māhātmya is tied to the Dakṣa-yajña tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse introduces mythic causation for site sanctity rather than a specific vrata.