Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

यदस्ति यद्भविष्यच्च यद्भूतं च सदाशिव । तस्मादेतच्च सर्वस्मात्क्षेत्रमस्तु शुभोदयम्

Transliteration

yadasti yadbhaviṣyacca yadbhūtaṃ ca sadāśiva | tasmādetacca sarvasmātkṣetramastu śubhodayam

Translation

Lạy Sadāśiva! Những gì đang có, sẽ có và đã có—vì thế, nguyện thánh địa này vượt hơn tất cả và trở thành nguồn khởi sinh cát tường.

Word by Word

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Visheshya (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Visheshya (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhaviṣyat: that which will be (future)
• bhaviṣyat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhū (भू धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
• Form: भविष्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present/future sense participial adjective); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Visheshya (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhūtam: that which has been (past)
• bhūtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūta (भूत प्रातिपदिक; भू धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• sadāśiva: O Sadāśiva
• sadāśiva: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadā + śiva (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सदा-शिवः)

• tasmāt: from that/therefore
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarvasmāt: from everything/from all
• sarvasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• kṣetram: the sacred field/place
• kṣetram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (क्षेत्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śubhodayam: of auspicious arising/bringing auspiciousness
• śubhodayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha + udaya (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थ (शुभः उदयः यस्य तत्)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta/Ānandavana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seeker audience (traditionally ṛṣi interlocutors in Kāśīkhaṇḍa frames)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic benediction scene: Sadāśiva as timeless presence (past, present, future) radiating over Kāśī-kshetra, with the city’s ghāṭas and temples shimmering as the ‘source of auspicious arising’.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Kāśī Kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is extolled as a supreme kṣetra whose auspicious power transcends time—past, present, and future.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-kṣetra (Ānandavana), invoked before Sadāśiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it is a praise-prayer (stuti) affirming the supremacy of the sacred field.