Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अथ विद्याफलं तत्ते दैत्यान्संजीवयिष्यतः । पश्यंतु प्रमथाः सर्वे त्वया संजीवितानिमान्

Transliteration

atha vidyāphalaṃ tatte daityānsaṃjīvayiṣyataḥ | paśyaṃtu pramathāḥ sarve tvayā saṃjīvitānimān

Translation

اب تمہارے علم کا پھل ظاہر ہو—ان دَیتیہوں کو زندہ کر دو! سب پرمَتھ دیکھیں کہ یہ تمہارے ہاتھوں پھر سے جی اٹھے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then, now
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/now)

• विद्या-फलम्: the fruit/result of the spell
• विद्या-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — here as द्वितीया (object) with implied ‘see/show’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative ‘that’; here in apposition to विद्या-फलम्

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन — ‘of you/for you’; here likely षष्ठी (your) with विद्या-फलम्

• दैत्यान्: Daityas (demons)
• दैत्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• संजीवयिष्यतः: (you) will revive
• संजीवयिष्यतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जीव् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + लृट् (भविष्यत्)
• Form: लृट् (Future), मध्यमपुरुष? / तृतीयपुरुष? — but form -यिष्यतः = द्वितीया? actually 2nd person dual/3rd person dual parasmaipada; context suggests ‘(you) will revive’ → expected संजीवयिष्यसि; here taken as मध्यमपुरुष, द्विवचन (dual) or textual variant

• पश्यन्तु: let (them) see
• पश्यन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु) लोट्
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), तृतीयपुरुष, बहुवचन — ‘let them see’

• प्रमथाः: the Pramathas
• प्रमथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural; विशेषण (qualifying प्रमथाः)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• संजीवितान्: revived
• संजीवितान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √जीव् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural; विशेषण (qualifying इमान्/दैत्यान्)

• इमान्: these
• इमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

Speaker

Andhaka (deduced; continuing address to Bhārgava/Śukra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding figure gestures over heaps of fallen Daityas; a wave of luminous energy rises, wounds close, eyes open, warriors stand again as Pramathas recoil in astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Daitya
• Pramatha
• Vidyāphala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power gained through knowledge is expected to manifest as tangible results; the verse highlights ‘phala’ (outcome) as a test of attained vidyā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the larger work is the Kāśī-centered Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse speaks of applying a life-restoring vidyā.