Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तत्किं यत्त्वयि भूजानौ सर्वदेवमयो ह्यसि । तस्मात्तव शुभोदर्को मया ज्ञातोस्ति तत्त्वतः

Transliteration

tatkiṃ yattvayi bhūjānau sarvadevamayo hyasi | tasmāttava śubhodarko mayā jñātosti tattvataḥ

Translation

Ano pa ang kataka-taka, yamang ikaw ay tunay na binubuo ng lahat ng mga diyos? Kaya ang iyong mapalad na pag-angat at kinalabasan ay aking naunawaan sa ganap na katotohanan.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma/Topic (contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (contextual)

• kim: what?
• kim: Prashna (Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• yat: which, that which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• tvayi: in you
• tvayi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhū-jānau: being present/manifest (dual)
• bhū-jānau: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhū (धातु) + jāna (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-सम्भव) अर्थे ‘being/producing’ (context: ‘arising/being present’)

• sarva-deva-mayaḥ: consisting of all gods
• sarva-deva-mayaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (sarvaiḥ devaiḥ mayaḥ = consisting of all gods)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: emphasis/causal)

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/तस्मात्-प्रयोगः; अपादानार्थक अव्यय (ablative sense: ‘therefore/from that’)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śubha-udarkaḥ: auspicious result
• śubha-udarkaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + udarka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (śubhaḥ udarkaḥ = auspicious outcome/result)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jñātaḥ: known, ascertained
• jñātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘known’

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tattvataḥ: in reality, truly
• tattvataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb) = ‘in truth/essentially’

Speaker

Skanda (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpa (king) addressed by the speaker

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm court/assembly in Kāśī: a speaker addresses a king, concluding a stuti with philosophical certainty; the deity’s presence is implied as a radiant linga or subtle halo, while the king’s expression shifts from wonder to serene understanding.

Characters & Entities

• All Devas (Sarvadeva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is embodied, the divine becomes manifest through a person’s conduct, leading to auspicious outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the verse belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader glorification of dharmic excellence associated with Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.