Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

पंचसप्तदिनान्येव जातानीतीह तर्क्यते । अस्यै राज्ञा प्रसादेन ग्रामौ दातुमुदीरितौ

Transliteration

paṃcasaptadinānyeva jātānītīha tarkyate | asyai rājñā prasādena grāmau dātumudīritau

Translation

یہ اندازہ کیا جاتا ہے کہ اس واقعے کو ہوئے صرف پانچ سے سات دن گزرے ہیں؛ اور بادشاہ کے فضل سے اسے دو گاؤں عطا کرنے کا اعلان کیا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Sankhya (Numeral qualifier/संख्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; अत्र ‘सप्त’ इत्यनेन सह समुच्चय (numeral)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Sankhya (Numeral qualifier/संख्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; ‘दिनानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• दिनानि: days
• दिनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• एव: only/just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (restrictive particle)

• जातानि: born/elapsed (as born)
• जातानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (Past participle)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• तर्क्यते: is inferred/it is reasoned
• तर्क्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तर्क् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• अस्यै: to her
• अस्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रसादेन: by (his) favor/grace
• प्रसादेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ग्रामौ: two villages
• ग्रामौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), द्विवचन (Dual)

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), परस्मैपद-धातु

• उदीरितौ: were declared/announced
• उदीरितौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + ईर् (धातु) → उदीरित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त (Past participle)

Speaker

Skanda (narrating speech of the disguised figure; deduced context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages / internal court audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proclamation scene: royal scribes and ministers announce that two villages are granted by the king’s favor; the beneficiary stands with attendants; palm-leaf/scroll and seal imagery; Kāśī’s sacred skyline anchors the setting.

Characters & Entities

• King (rājā)
• Villages (grāma)
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material grants and rapid changes in status can become instruments of manipulation; dharma insists on scrutiny and right counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the contextual sacred geography; this verse emphasizes courtly events rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A form of dāna (granting villages) is mentioned as a royal act, though not prescribed as a ritual here.