Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ऐश्वर्यदैश्वर्यरूपा ह्यैतिह्यं ह्यैंदवी द्युतिः । ओजस्विन्योषधीक्षेत्रमोजोदौदनदायिनी

Transliteration

aiśvaryadaiśvaryarūpā hyaitihyaṃ hyaiṃdavī dyutiḥ | ojasvinyoṣadhīkṣetramojodaudanadāyinī

Translation

آپ اقتدار عطا کرنے والی اور خود ہی ربانی شان و قوت کی صورت ہیں؛ آپ مقدس روایت سے متبرک ہیں اور آپ کی چمک چاند جیسی ہے۔ آپ اوج سے درخشاں ہیں، شفابخش جڑی بوٹیوں کا کھیت ہیں، اور آپ غذا و قوت بڑھانے والے عطیے بخشتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• ऐश्वर्यद: giver of lordship/prosperity
• ऐश्वर्यद: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + द (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √दा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (feminine, nominative, singular; adjective)

• ऐश्वर्यरूपा: having the form of lordship
• ऐश्वर्यरूपा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐश्वर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (feminine, nominative, singular; adjective)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ऐतिह्यम्: tradition, legend
• ऐतिह्यम्: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐतिह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ऐन्दवी: lunar, of the moon
• ऐन्दवी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐन्दवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (feminine, nominative, singular; adjective)

• द्युतिः: radiance, light
• द्युतिः: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• ओजस्विनी: vigorous, full of energy
• ओजस्विनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + विनि/विन् (तद्धित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (feminine, nominative, singular; adjective)

• ओषधीक्षेत्रम्: field of herbs/medicinal plants
• ओषधीक्षेत्रम्: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधी (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• ओजोदौदनदायिनी: giver of strength-giving rice/food
• ओजोदौदनदायिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक) + ओदन (प्रातिपदिक) + दायिनी (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √दा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (feminine, nominative, singular; adjective)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-Gaṅgā (aiśvarya-rūpā, oṣadhī-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kṣetra-māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Moonlit Kāśī ghāṭa: Gaṅgā glows with lunar sheen; along the banks grow stylized medicinal plants; the goddess bestows a bowl of nourishing food and a bundle of herbs to devotees, symbolizing ojas and healing.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (implied by aiṃdavī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divinity praised in Kāśī grants both worldly well-being (aiśvarya, ojas) and sanctified spiritual radiance rooted in tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the underlying sacred geography, presented as a source of prosperity, vitality, and auspicious splendor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse emphasizes boons of strength, healing, and prosperity arising from devotion.