Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 170

Devanagari script

धन्यो यक्षः पूर्णभद्रो धन्या कांचनकुंडला । ययोर्जठरपीठेभूर्दंडपाणे महामते

Transliteration

dhanyo yakṣaḥ pūrṇabhadro dhanyā kāṃcanakuṃḍalā | yayorjaṭharapīṭhebhūrdaṃḍapāṇe mahāmate

Translation

Phúc thay Dạ-xoa Pūrṇabhadra, phúc thay Kāñcanakuṇḍalā; ôi Daṇḍapāṇi bậc đại trí, trên tòa nơi bụng của hai vị ấy mà chính cõi đất này nương tựa.

Word by Word

• dhanyaḥ: fortunate, blessed
• dhanyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• yakṣaḥ: Yakṣa (a celestial being)
• yakṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• pūrṇabhadraḥ: Pūrṇabhadra (proper name)
• pūrṇabhadraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (pūrṇaḥ bhadraḥ)

• dhanyā: fortunate, blessed (fem.)
• dhanyā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kāṃcanakuṇḍalā: (she) with golden earrings / golden-earringed (one)
• kāṃcanakuṇḍalā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṃcana (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kāṃcanasya kuṇḍalā)

• yayoḥ: of which two / of the two
• yayoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन

• jaṭhara-pīṭhebhūḥ: one whose belly has become a seat (epithet)
• jaṭhara-pīṭhebhūḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṭhara (प्रातिपदिक) + pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + bhū (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (jaṭharaṃ pīṭhaṃ ca bhavati yasya)

• daṇḍapāṇe: O staff-in-hand (one)
• daṇḍapāṇe: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (daṇḍena pāṇiḥ yasya / daṇḍaḥ pāṇau yasya)

• mahāmate: O great-minded one
• mahāmate: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास (mahā matiḥ yasya)

Speaker

Narrator (within Kāśīkhaṇḍa; likely Skanda narrating praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Daṇḍapāṇi

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reverential praise-scene in Kāśī: the yakṣa Pūrṇabhadra and yakṣiṇī Kāñcanakuṇḍalā depicted as resplendent guardians, with the earth symbolically resting upon their ‘seat’, while a sage addresses Daṇḍapāṇi.

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• Pūrṇabhadra
• Kāñcanakuṇḍalā
• Daṇḍapāṇi
• Bhū (Earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Those connected with the divine order of Kāśī and its guardians are praised as supremely fortunate, implying the sanctity of service and association.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports Kāśī’s mythic-sacred ecosystem (guardians, attendants, allied beings), though it does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated; it is a laudatory (stuti) passage naming revered figures.