Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

महारुंडा प्रतीच्यां च देवी स्वप्नेश्वरी शुभा । भविष्यं कथयेत्स्वप्ने भक्तस्याग्रे शुभाशुभम्

Transliteration

mahāruṃḍā pratīcyāṃ ca devī svapneśvarī śubhā | bhaviṣyaṃ kathayetsvapne bhaktasyāgre śubhāśubham

Translation

مغربی سمت میں مہارُنڈا ہے—وہ مبارک دیوی سواپنیشوری۔ وہ اپنے بھکت کے سامنے خواب میں آنے والے وقت کی نیکی یا بدی بتا دیتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• महारुंडा: Mahāruṇḍā
• महारुंडा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + रुंडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रतीच्याम्: in the west
• प्रतीच्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतीची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in the west’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्वप्नेश्वरी: Svapneśvarī (Lady of dreams)
• स्वप्नेश्वरी: Vidhaya (Apposition/predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वप्नस्य ईश्वरी)

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भविष्यम्: the future
• भविष्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भविष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कथयेत्: should tell/declare
• कथयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वप्ने: in a dream
• स्वप्ने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in a dream’

• भक्तस्य: of the devotee
• भक्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अग्रे: before/in the presence (of)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् अव्यय (adverb/locative-meaning), ‘in front/presence’

• शुभाशुभम्: the auspicious and the inauspicious
• शुभाशुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ + अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (शुभं च अशुभं च)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svapneśvarī (Mahāruṇḍā) shrine (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night in Kāśī: the western shrine of Svapneśvarī; a devotee sleeps and sees the goddess in a luminous dream, revealing symbols of coming events—some auspicious, some cautionary—while the ghāṭas lie quiet under moonlight.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāruṇḍā
• Svapneśvarī
• Kāśī (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is depicted as an intimate guide: devotion can yield inner instruction and warning through dreams.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Svapneśvarī-related sacred spot in Kāśī, mapped here to the western quarter (pratīcī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is given here; the verse describes the fruit—prophetic guidance in dreams for devotees.