Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

गणावूचतुः । शिवशर्मन्महाभाग लोक एष कलानिधेः । पीयूषवर्षिभिर्यस्य करैराप्याय्यते जगत्

Transliteration

gaṇāvūcatuḥ | śivaśarmanmahābhāga loka eṣa kalānidheḥ | pīyūṣavarṣibhiryasya karairāpyāyyate jagat

Translation

Các gaṇa thưa rằng: “Hỡi Śivaśarmā phúc đức lớn, đây là cõi của Kalānidhi—Thần Nguyệt Soma. Nhờ những tia sáng rưới cam lộ của Ngài, toàn thể thế gian được nuôi dưỡng và tươi mới.”

Word by Word

• gaṇau: the two gaṇas (attendants)
• gaṇau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual)

• ūcatuḥ: said/spoke
• ūcatuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (Dual), परस्मैपद

• śivaśarman: O Śivaśarman
• śivaśarman: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivaśarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahābhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• lokaḥ: the world/people
• lokaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Viśeṣya (Correlative/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• kalānidheḥ: of the treasure of digits (the Moon)
• kalānidheḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā + nidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• pīyūṣavarṣibhiḥ: with nectar-raining
• pīyūṣavarṣibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīyūṣa + varṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier)

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• karaiḥ: by (his) hands/rays
• karaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• āpyāyyate: is nourished/filled
• āpyāyyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + pyā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Viṣṇugaṇas (Hari’s attendants)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śivaśarmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṇas address Śivaśarmā, pointing to a luminous lunar realm; moonbeams fall like nectar, cooling and reviving the world below.

Characters & Entities

• Śivaśarmā
• Soma/Candra
• Viṣṇugaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos is sustained by divine order; Soma’s grace is portrayed as nourishing nectar for the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Kāśī, as the merit-source that enables access to such celestial realms in the narrative arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it identifies the loka as Somaloka and describes Soma’s nourishing rays.