Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

कुविंदा न च संत्यत्र न च ते पश्यतो हराः । चैलान्यलंकृतीरत्र यतः कल्पद्रुमोर्पयेत्

Transliteration

kuviṃdā na ca saṃtyatra na ca te paśyato harāḥ | cailānyalaṃkṛtīratra yataḥ kalpadrumorpayet

Translation

یہاں نہ بُنکر ہیں اور نہ تاجر دکھائی دیتے ہیں؛ کیونکہ یہاں کپڑے اور زیور خود کلپ درخت (مراد برآور درخت) ہی عطا کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• kuviṃdāḥ: weavers (kuviṃdas)
• kuviṃdāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuviṃda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (and)

• santi: exist/are
• santi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (and)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• paśyataḥ: of one who sees
• paśyataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; 'पश्यतः' = 'of one who sees'

• harāḥ: thieves/robbers
• harāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• cailāni: garments
• cailāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• alaṃkṛtīḥ: ornaments/adornments
• alaṃkṛtīḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: alaṃkṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• yataḥ: because
• yataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable: 'because/from which')

• kalpa-drumaḥ: the wish-fulfilling tree
• kalpa-drumaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + druma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कल्पः इव द्रुमः / कल्पद्रुमः)

• arpayet: would bestow/give
• arpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Gaṇas (context continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (kalpadruma motif)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant kalpadruma in Kāśī offers garments and ornaments directly; streets show no weavers or merchants—people receive adornments as divine gifts, living simply and serenely.

Characters & Entities

• Kalpadruma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In divinely favored sacred realms, needs are fulfilled effortlessly, symbolizing abundance rooted in dharma and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sahasrākṣa-purī is portrayed as a miraculous city of divine provision.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes supernatural prosperity via the kalpadruma.