Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

इदानीं द्रौपदादित्यं कथयिष्यामि तेनघ । तथा द्रौपदआदित्यः संसेव्यो भक्तसिद्धिदः

Transliteration

idānīṃ draupadādityaṃ kathayiṣyāmi tenagha | tathā draupadaādityaḥ saṃsevyo bhaktasiddhidaḥ

Translation

اب، اے بےگناہ! میں دروپدادتیہ کا بیان کروں گا۔ پس دروپدادتیہ کی لگن سے عبادت کرنی چاہیے، کیونکہ وہ بھکتوں کو روحانی سِدھی عطا کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Desha-Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• द्रौपदादित्यम्: Draupadāditya
• द्रौपदादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपद + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—द्रौपदस्य आदित्यः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• कथयिष्यामि: I shall narrate
• कथयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु, णिजन्त)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• द्रौपदादित्यः: Draupadāditya
• द्रौपदादित्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपद + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—द्रौपदस्य आदित्यः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• संसेव्यः: to be served; worthy of service
• संसेव्यः: Vidhaya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + सेव् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: विधेय-विशेषण; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory: ‘to be served’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भक्तसिद्धिदः: giver of success to devotees
• भक्तसिद्धिदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्त + सिद्धि + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—भक्तानां सिद्धिं ददाति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Draupadāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as 'anagha' (sinless one)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Āditya shrine named for Draupadī; devotees offer arghya with copper vessel; the narrator transitions from Sāmbāditya to Draupadāditya, indicating a sequence of sacred solar stations in Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Draupadāditya
• Āditya (Sun deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service (sevanā) to the sacred form of Āditya in Kāśī is portrayed as a direct cause of bhakta-siddhi (devotee’s spiritual fulfillment).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Draupadāditya in Kāśī, introduced as a worship-worthy sacred presence within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General prescription of worship/attendance (saṃsevanā) to Draupadāditya; no specific items (snāna, dāna, japa) are detailed in this verse.