Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

देवतायतनानां च राजिभिः परिराजितम् । सुयूपा यत्र वै ग्रामाः सुवित्तर्द्धि विराजिताः

Transliteration

devatāyatanānāṃ ca rājibhiḥ parirājitam | suyūpā yatra vai grāmāḥ suvittarddhi virājitāḥ

Translation

(وہ) مندروں کی قطاروں سے جگمگائے گا؛ اور وہاں کے گاؤں—خوبصورت یُوپ (یَجْن کے ستون) سے نشان زدہ—عمدہ دولت اور خوشحالی سے روشن ہوں گے۔

Word by Word

• देवतायतनानाम्: of temples/shrines of deities
• देवतायतनानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक) + आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (Neuter, Genitive, Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• राजिभिः: with rows/lines
• राजिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Plural)

• परिराजितम्: adorned; made splendid
• परिराजितम्: Visheshya-Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि+राज् (धातु) → परिराजित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; past passive participle)

• सुयूपाः: having fine sacrificial posts
• सुयूपाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + यूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ग्रामाः: villages
• ग्रामाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सुवित्तर्द्धि: good wealth and prosperity
• सुवित्तर्द्धि: Hetu/Upadhi (Qualifying attribute/उपाधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + वित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; copulative compound)

• विराजिताः: shining; splendid
• विराजिताः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+राज् (धातु) → विराजित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; past passive participle)

Speaker

Gaṇas (continuing speech, deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous procession through a street lined with temples; village outskirts show yūpa posts near ritual grounds; prosperous homes and granaries indicate ‘suvitta-ṛddhi’.

Characters & Entities

• Devatā (temples)
• Yūpa (sacrificial post)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Public devotion (temples) and Vedic-aligned dharma (yūpa-sacrifice culture) are portrayed as foundations for collective prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; it continues a Kāśī-khaṇḍa merit narrative describing the fruits of sacred dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit endorsement of iṣṭa practices (sacrificial culture symbolized by yūpas) and maintaining temples (āyatana) as pūrta-like public piety.