Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

यत्र सान्निध्यमेतस्य स्तवस्येह भविष्यति । एतास्तु शक्तयः सर्वा सर्वत्र सहिता मया

Transliteration

yatra sānnidhyametasya stavasyeha bhaviṣyati | etāstu śaktayaḥ sarvā sarvatra sahitā mayā

Translation

اس دنیا میں جہاں کہیں اس حمد (ستَو) کی حضوری ہوگی، وہاں یہ تمام قوتیں ہر جگہ میرے ساتھ متحد ہو کر موجود ہوں گی۔

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: अधिकरण (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• सान्निध्यम्: presence
• सान्निध्यम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• एतस्य: of this
• एतस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• स्तवस्य: of the hymn
• स्तवस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एताः: these
• एताः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषणार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/and)

• शक्तयः: powers
• शक्तयः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying शक्तयः)

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: अधिकरण (Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (everywhere)

• सहिता: accompanied/associated
• सहिता: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; सह + इ(धातु) क्त/निष्ठा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निष्ठान्त-विशेषणम् — "accompanied/associated" (agreeing with implied शक्तिः/समूहः)

• मया: by me
• मया: करण (Instrument/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम — instrumental: "by me/with me"

Speaker

Durgā (Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (universalized by stotra-sānnidhya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied: gods/devotees; framed for the sage by Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous, invisible mandala forms around a reciting devotee; multiple śaktis (personified as subtle attendants) gather wherever the hymn is spoken, suggesting a moving sanctuary.

Characters & Entities

• Durgā
• Śakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred praise is treated as a living conduit of divine presence, not merely words.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Though universal in claim, it is taught in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, aligning with Kāśī’s theme of ever-present divinity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintaining the stava’s ‘presence’—through recitation, hearing, or keeping it—so Devī’s śaktis abide.