Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तत इत्थं व्यतीतासु पंचषा सुसमासु च । लीलया विचरन्देवस्तत्र देव्या सहागतः

Transliteration

tata itthaṃ vyatītāsu paṃcaṣā susamāsu ca | līlayā vicarandevastatra devyā sahāgataḥ

Translation

یوں پانچ یا چھ اچھے مہینے گزر گئے؛ تب بھگوان کھیلتے ہوئے گھومتے گھومتے دیوی کے ساتھ وہاں آ پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Discourse connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereupon/then)

• इत्थम्: thus, in this manner
• इत्थम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• व्यतीतासु: when (they) had passed
• व्यतीतासु: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अति + इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute) with समासु

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; ‘five’ qualifying षा/समासु (five or six)

• षट्: six
• षट्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; ‘six’ (in dvandva-like enumeration with पञ्च)

• सु: well, very
• सु: Sambandha (Prefix/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद; intensifier ‘well/very’ in compound with समासु

• समासु: in good/easy periods (years)
• समासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अधिकरण; compound = सु-समासु ‘in very even/pleasant (times)’ (context: years/seasons)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• लीलया: playfully, as a sport
• लीलया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; means/manner

• विचरन्: wandering, moving about
• विचरन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चर् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक-शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देवः)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्ता

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• देव्या: with the goddess
• देव्या: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह), एकवचन; सह-योगे

• सह: together with
• सह: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

• आगतः: came, arrived
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate of देवः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uttarārka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After months, Shiva arrives in a playful roaming mood, accompanied by Parvati, entering the grove near the shrine and pond where the tapasvinī has remained steadfast.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (Śiva implied)
• Devī (Pārvatī implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere, sustained tapas culminates in divine attention—grace arrives in its own time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The scene continues within Kāśī’s sacred landscape, around the Uttarārka-associated locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse marks the time-span of austerity and the ensuing divine visitation.