Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

सर्वे सुखाय मे दक्ष वीक्षमाणस्य सर्वतः । एकं दुःखाकरोत्येव यत्त्वं विस्मृतवानसि

Transliteration

sarve sukhāya me dakṣa vīkṣamāṇasya sarvataḥ | ekaṃ duḥkhākarotyeva yattvaṃ vismṛtavānasi

Translation

اے دکش! میں جدھر بھی دیکھتا ہوں سب کچھ میری خوشی کے لیے ہی معلوم ہوتا ہے؛ مگر ایک بات ہی غم دیتی ہے کہ تم نے اسے بھلا دیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all (people/things)
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सुखाय: for happiness
• सुखाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/for-purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मे: of me; my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (pronoun)

• दक्ष: O Dakṣa
• दक्ष: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वीक्षमाणस्य: of (me) observing
• वीक्षमाणस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीक्ष् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle/शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of (me) who is observing’

• सर्वतः: from all sides; everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Scope)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सर्वदिक्/सर्वतः (from all sides)

• एकम्: one (thing)
• एकम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुःख: sorrow
• दुःख: Karma (कर्म/Object as part of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (समासपूर्वपद)

• आकरोति: causes; makes
• आकरोति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic/only)

• यत्: because; that
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (relative particle) ‘because/that’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (pronoun)

• विस्मृतवान्: have forgotten
• विस्मृतवान्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-स्मृ (धातु) + क्तवतुँ (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (perfect participle/क्तवतुँ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; परिप्रयोगे ‘has forgotten’

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (क्रिया/Auxiliary)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Dadhīci (addressing Dakṣa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dadhīci (or a sage-speaker) addresses Dakṣa amid a splendid sacrificial arena; despite abundance, the sage’s face shows sorrowful gravity, pointing to the missing remembrance of the Lord.

Characters & Entities

• Dadhīci
• Dakṣa
• Īśvara (implied as the ‘forgotten’ principle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual splendor is insufficient if the central divine principle is forgotten; remembrance of Īśvara is the heart of sacred action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse occurs within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred frame, using a moral-theological lesson rather than direct tīrtha praise in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A corrective principle: do not conduct yajña as mere ceremony—ensure the intended deity/Īśvara is properly invoked and honored.