Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
योजनानां सहस्राणि नवयस्य समुच्छ्रयः । तावानेव हि विस्तारस्तनोर्मायाविनोस्य हि
Transliteration
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi navayasya samucchrayaḥ | tāvāneva hi vistārastanormāyāvinosya hi
Translation
Siyam ay may taas na siyam na libong yojana; at gayon din ang lawak ng katawan ng maytaglay ng māyā na ito.
Word by Word
योजनानाम्of yojanas (units of distance)
योजनानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of yojanas'
सहस्राणिthousands
सहस्राणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — 'thousands'
नवयस्यof the nine-year-old (one)
नवयस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनवयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of the nine-year-old'
समुच्छ्रयःheight, elevation
समुच्छ्रयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसम्+उत्+श्रि (धातु) → समुच्छ्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'height/loftiness'
तावान्so great, that much
तावान्:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'so much/that great'
एवindeed, just
एव:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle) — emphasis
हिindeed, for
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle) — explanatory/emphatic
विस्तारःextent, breadth
विस्तारः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविस्तार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'extent/spread'
तनोःof the body
तनोः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतनु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of the body'
मायाविनःof the illusionist
मायाविनः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमायाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — 'of the magician/illusionist'
अस्यof this (one)
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — pronoun 'of this/this one's'
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle) — emphasis
Speaker
Skanda (deduced)
Characters & Entities
G
GajāsuraFAQs
Māyā can magnify fearsome appearances, but magnitude is not truth; dharma discerns and overcomes illusion.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred context; no individual tīrtha is specified in this verse.
None.