Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

शतानिपंचवर्षाणि प्रणिधानस्थितस्य हि । कर्दमस्य व्यतीतानि शंभुमर्चयतस्तदा

Transliteration

śatānipaṃcavarṣāṇi praṇidhānasthitasya hi | kardamasya vyatītāni śaṃbhumarcayatastadā

Translation

Đối với Kardama, người an trú trong thiền định bất động, khi ấy năm trăm năm đã trôi qua trong lúc ông phụng thờ Śambhu.

Word by Word

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पञ्च-वर्षाणि: five years (each)
• पञ्च-वर्षाणि: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास: ‘पञ्च वर्षाणि’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• प्रणिधान-स्थितस्य: of (him) abiding in deep concentration
• प्रणिधान-स्थितस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रणिधान (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (√स्था, क्त/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘प्रणिधाने स्थितः’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): हेतौ/निश्चये ‘indeed/for’

• कर्दमस्य: of Kardama
• कर्दमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• व्यतीतानि: passed; elapsed
• व्यतीतानि: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अति + √इ (धातु) → व्यतीत (क्त/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; past participle used predicatively

• शंभुम्: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• अर्चयतः: of (him) worshipping
• अर्चयतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-सम्भव वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle): षष्ठी, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग — ‘of (him) worshipping’

• तदा: then; at that time
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda to Agastya, contextually)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kardama seated in deep meditation and worship of Śambhu; the passage of five hundred years is suggested through changing seasons, fading garlands, and steady lamp-flame—yet his posture remains unchanged.

Characters & Entities

• Kardama
• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady worship and one-pointed devotion transcend ordinary measures of time and deepen divine proximity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, implied as an extraordinary field for tapas and Śiva-arcana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (worship) of Śambhu and sustained praṇidhāna (one-pointed contemplation) are indicated.