Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

न प्रीणिता मया देवा यज्ञैः सर्वैः समृद्धिदाः । तुलसीवन शुश्रूषा न कृता पापशांतये

Transliteration

na prīṇitā mayā devā yajñaiḥ sarvaiḥ samṛddhidāḥ | tulasīvana śuśrūṣā na kṛtā pāpaśāṃtaye

Translation

مجھ سے دیوتا—جو خوشحالی عطا کرنے والے ہیں—کسی بھی یَجْن کے ذریعے راضی نہیں کیے گئے؛ اور گناہوں کی تسکین کے لیے تُلسی کے بن کی خدمت بھی میں نے نہیں کی۔

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• प्रीणिताः: pleased
• प्रीणिताः: Karma (Object affected/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि (having been pleased)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यज्ञैः)

• समृद्धिदाः: givers of prosperity
• समृद्धिदाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समृद्धि + दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘समृद्धिं ददाति’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (देवाः)

• तुलसीवन: Tulasī-grove
• तुलसीवन: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘तुलस्याः वनम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (अत्र पूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• शुश्रूषा: service/attendance
• शुश्रूषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुश्रूषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• कृता: done/performed
• कृता: Karma (Object affected/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (done)

• पापशांतये: for the pacification of sin
• पापशांतये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप + शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘पापस्य शान्तिः’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa default dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulasī-vana (generic sacred grove within devotional practice)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A neglected yajña-altar lies unused; in contrast, a vibrant Tulasī grove is tended by a devotee—watering, lighting a lamp, and offering leaves—symbolizing accessible purification.

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ
• Tulasī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained by both yajña (sacrificial duty) and bhakti practices like Tulasī-sevā; neglect of these is framed as a cause of lingering impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the broader sacred landscape, while the verse highlights the sanctity of Tulasī-vana (holy basil grove) as a purifying devotional locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing yajñas to satisfy the devas and doing śuśrūṣā (service) to a Tulasī grove for pāpa-śānti.