Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

शुभे ज्येष्ठेश्वरस्थाने सांप्रतं स उमापतिः । काशीं प्राप्य मुदा तिष्ठेद्गिरिराजांगजा सखः

Transliteration

śubhe jyeṣṭheśvarasthāne sāṃprataṃ sa umāpatiḥ | kāśīṃ prāpya mudā tiṣṭhedgirirājāṃgajā sakhaḥ

Translation

Ngayon, sa mapalad na pook ng Jyeṣṭheśvara, ang Panginoon—ang Kabiyak ni Umā—pagdating sa Kāśī ay nananahan doon nang may galak, kasama ang Anak ng Hari ng mga Bundok.

Word by Word

• śubhe: auspicious
• śubhe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचन (स्थाने इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• jyeṣṭheśvara-sthāne: in the place of Jyeṣṭheśvara
• jyeṣṭheśvara-sthāne: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭheśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ज्येष्ठेश्वरस्य स्थानम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचन

• sāṃpratam: now, at present
• sāṃpratam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃpratam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: time)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन

• umāpatiḥ: Umā’s lord (Śiva)
• umāpatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन

• kāśīm: Kāśī
• kāśīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन

• prāpya: having reached
• prāpya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); उपसर्गः प्र-

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचन (instrumental: manner)

• tiṣṭhet: would stay/remain
• tiṣṭhet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदी; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन

• girirāja-aṃgajā: the daughter of the mountain-king (Pārvatī)
• girirāja-aṃgajā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: girirāja (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃgajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गिरिराजस्य अङ्गजा); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन

• sakhaḥ: companion, friend
• sakhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन (उमापतिः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण-भावे)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jyeṣṭheśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva and Pārvatī together at Jyeṣṭheśvara: Śiva near a liṅga-shrine, Pārvatī beside Him; Kāśī’s temple spires and a hint of Gaṅgā in the background; atmosphere of auspicious joy.

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭheśvara
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Umāpati (Śiva)
• Girirājāṅgajā (Pārvatī/Himavat-putrī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is portrayed as a living abode of Śiva and Umā; divine presence sanctifies place and makes it spiritually auspicious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jyeṣṭheśvara-sthāna in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly encourages darśana/visitation of Jyeṣṭheśvara in Kāśī; no explicit rite is stated in this verse.