Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

प्रत्यग्रविकसन्नीलोत्पलानां निकुरंबकैः । प्रोत्फुल्लितां समंताच्च रोदसी सरसीमिव

Transliteration

pratyagravikasannīlotpalānāṃ nikuraṃbakaiḥ | protphullitāṃ samaṃtācca rodasī sarasīmiva

Translation

Tựa như hai cõi—trời và đất—hóa thành một hồ sen, khắp bốn phương rực nở những chùm sen xanh vừa hé.

Word by Word

• प्रत्यग्रविकसन्नीलोत्पलानाम्: of freshly blooming blue lotuses
• प्रत्यग्रविकसन्नीलोत्पलानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यग्र (प्रातिपदिक) + विकसत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + नील (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्पल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन; ‘प्रत्यग्र-विकसत्-नील-उत्पल’ इति बहुपद-समासः; निकुरंबकैः इत्यस्य सम्बन्धः

• निकुरंबकैः: by clusters
• निकुरंबकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निकुरंबक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• प्रोत्फुल्लिताम्: fully blossomed
• प्रोत्फुल्लिताम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-उद्√फुल्ल् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; रोदसी इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (as if blossomed)

• समन्तात्: on all sides
• समन्तात्: Kriya-viseshana (Spatial adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place: on all sides)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; द्विवचन (heaven-and-earth pair)

• सरसीम्: a lake
• सरसीम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; उपमान (object of comparison)

• इव: as if/like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमावाचक (comparative particle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Kāśīkhaṇḍa; likely Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Gaṅgā-ghāṭ ambience implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The space between heaven and earth appears like a vast lake carpeted with clusters of freshly opened blue lotuses, as if reality itself has become a serene sarovara under divine radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Dhruva
• Heaven and Earth (rodasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In divine proximity, the cosmos appears transfigured—beauty and purity (lotus symbolism) pervade perception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is cited; the imagery serves the devotional climax within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive verse.