Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां हृदयानंद शर्वसर्वगसर्वकृत् । यदि देयो वरो मह्यं स्वभावादृषदात्मने

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ hṛdayānaṃda śarvasarvagasarvakṛt | yadi deyo varo mahyaṃ svabhāvādṛṣadātmane

Translation

“اے سب دلوں کی مسرت—اے شَروَ، ہمہ گیر اور سب کچھ کرنے والے—اگر مجھے کوئی ور (نعمت) دینا ہو، مجھے، جس کی فطرت پتھر کی طرح بے جان ہے…”

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• hṛdaya-ānanda: O joy of (everyone’s) heart
• hṛdaya-ānanda: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी) ‘हृदयस्य आनन्दः’ इति; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• śarva-sarva-ga-sarva-kṛt: O Śarva, all-pervading, doer of all
• śarva-sarva-ga-sarva-kṛt: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक) + sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √gam) + sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛt (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √kṛ)
• Form: बहुपद-समास (तत्पुरुष-प्रधान): ‘शर्वः, सर्वगः, सर्वकृत्’ इत्यर्थसमाहारः; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-निपात (conditional conjunction)

• deyaḥ: is to be given
• deyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √dā)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective) ‘देयः’ = to be given

• varaḥ: a boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mahyam: to me
• mahyam: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• svabhāva: from (your) nature
• svabhāva: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (स्वभावात्)

• adṛṣada-ātmane: to (you) whose self is unseen/imperceptible
• adṛṣada-ātmane: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adṛṣada (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय ‘अदृशदः आत्मा यस्य/अदृशदात्मा’ इति; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (आत्मने)

Speaker

Adri (the Mountain) addressing Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (addressed); implied frame-audience sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Mountain praises Śiva as the joy within all hearts and the all-pervading doer, confessing its own inert stony nature while requesting a boon.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śarva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even one who feels unworthy or ‘inert’ can seek divine grace; Śiva is praised as the inner joy and all-pervading doer.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to Kāśī/Avimukta Māhātmya, where boons and divine presence are tied to the sacred geography of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a devotional preface to requesting a boon.