Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

सव्ये व्यापारयांचक्रे दृशमंगे सुधामुचम् । ततः पुमानाविरासीदेकस्त्रैलोक्यसुंदरः

Transliteration

savye vyāpārayāṃcakre dṛśamaṃge sudhāmucam | tataḥ pumānāvirāsīdekastrailokyasuṃdaraḥ

Translation

اس نے اپنے بائیں جانب ایسی نگاہ کو حرکت دی جو امرت (نیکٹر) برساتے تھی؛ اسی سے ایک واحد پُرش نمودار ہوا جو تینوں لوکوں کے لیے نہایت حسین تھا۔

Word by Word

• सव्ये: on the left (side)
• सव्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (context: ‘left side/left’), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; ‘on the left (side)’

• व्यापारयाम्: set in motion / caused to act
• व्यापारयाम्: Kriyā (Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-√पृ (धातु) → व्यापारय् (णिजन्त)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातु ‘व्यापारय’ (to set in motion/operate); लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (with auxiliary)

• चक्रे: did/made
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘did/made’ (auxiliary completing periphrastic perfect)

• दृशम्: the eye/sight
• दृशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; ‘sight/eye’

• अङ्गे: in the limb/body
• अङ्गे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in/on the body/limb’

• सुधामुचम्: nectar-shedding
• सुधामुचम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुधा + मुच् (प्रातिपदिक: मुच्/मुच्-कर्तृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सुधामुच् = ‘nectar-shedding’ (उपपद-तत्पुरुष) qualifying दृशम्

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेतौ/अनन्तर (thereupon/then)

• पुमान्: a man/person
• पुमान्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आविरासीत्: appeared
• आविरासीत्: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आविर् + √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘became manifest/appeared’ (आविर्-भाव)

• एकः: one, single
• एकः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; qualifying पुमान्

• त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरः: most handsome in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य + सुन्दर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; त्रैलोक्यसुन्दर = ‘beautiful in the three worlds’ (सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष sense) qualifying पुमान्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva turns a subtle, nectar-pouring glance from his left; from that luminous stream a radiant, singular divine Person appears, captivating the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied)
• A manifest divine Person (pumān)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine will manifests auspicious forms effortlessly; the ‘nectar-like glance’ symbolizes grace that brings forth perfection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Set within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, the wider frame is Kāśī’s glory as the sphere where divine grace and manifestation are contemplated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is descriptive of manifestation through divine grace.