Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्योपरि शुभं पद्मं रविरश्मिविकासितम् । तत्कर्णिकाया उपरि चतुःस्वर्णविनिर्मितम्

Transliteration

tasyopari śubhaṃ padmaṃ raviraśmivikāsitam | tatkarṇikāyā upari catuḥsvarṇavinirmitam

Translation

اس کے اوپر ایک مبارک کنول رکھا جائے، گویا سورج کی کرنوں سے کھلا ہو؛ اور اس کی کرنیکا پر چار قسم کے سونے سے بنا ہوا زیور رکھا جائے۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (of it/him)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• उपरि: above, upon
• उपरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• शुभम्: auspicious, beautiful
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• पद्मम्: lotus
• पद्मम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• रवि-रश्मि-विकासितम्: opened/bloomed by the sun’s rays
• रवि-रश्मि-विकासितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक) + रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक) + विकासित (कृदन्त; √कस्/विकस् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत (past passive participle)

• तत्-कर्णिकायाः: of its pericarp (lotus-center)
• तत्-कर्णिकायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + कर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• उपरि: above, upon
• उपरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• चतुः-स्वर्ण-विनिर्मितम्: made of four (kinds of) gold / made with four golds
• चतुः-स्वर्ण-विनिर्मितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + स्वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + विनिर्मित (कृदन्त; √मा/निर्मा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); ‘चतुःस्वर्ण’ = चतुर्भिः स्वर्णैः (instrumental sense)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual altar in Kāśī: a radiant lotus opened like by sunbeams, with a fourfold-gold ornament set upon the pericarp, priests arranging offerings around it.

Characters & Entities

• Padma (lotus)
• Ravi (sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The lotus motif teaches purity and spiritual unfolding; the careful central placement signifies honoring the divine presence as the rite’s heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered vrata teaching; it does not name a separate tirtha within the line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Place an auspicious lotus atop the arrangement, and set a four-gold crafted item upon the lotus pericarp (center).