Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

योसौ पूर्वं महाकांतिरावाभ्यां परिवर्णितः । साम्राज्यपदमापन्नो द्विजराजस्तवाग्रतः

Transliteration

yosau pūrvaṃ mahākāṃtirāvābhyāṃ parivarṇitaḥ | sāmrājyapadamāpanno dvijarājastavāgrataḥ

Translation

وہی عظیم جلال والا جس کا ہم دونوں نے پہلے بیان کیا تھا، اب سلطنت کے مرتبے کو پہنچ چکا ہے؛ ‘دویجوں کا راجا’ اب تمہارے سامنے کھڑا ہے۔

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative)

• asau: that (person)
• asau: Viśeṣya (that which is qualified)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); निर्देशवाचक-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• pūrvam: formerly, earlier
• pūrvam: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvam (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• mahā-kāntiḥ: great splendor
• mahā-kāntiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारयः

• āvābhyām: by us two
• āvābhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन (Dual); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• parivarṇitaḥ: described
• parivarṇitaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√varṇ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• sāmrājya-padam: the status/position of sovereignty
• sāmrājya-padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāmrājya (प्रातिपदिक) + pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः

• āpannaḥ: having attained
• āpannaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āpanna (प्रातिपदिक; √āp/āp- with prefix ā-; PPP)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dvija-rājaḥ: king of the twice-born (best of Brahmins)
• dvija-rājaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः

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

• agrataḥ: in front (of you)
• agrataḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agrataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (spatial adverb: in front)

Speaker

Bhagavad-gaṇas (two attendants)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śivaśarman

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A splendid twice-born figure stands before Śivaśarman, crowned by a subtle aura; the gaṇas gesture as if presenting him, indicating the fulfillment of an earlier description.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavad-gaṇas
• Śivaśarman
• Dvija-rāja (eminent brāhmaṇa/king among twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives portray dharma-bearing persons rising to ‘sovereignty’—a symbol of spiritual authority gained through merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame; the immediate focus is a character’s attained status rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it functions as narrative setup for the next teaching.