Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

गणा वूचतुः । भगवद्भक्तियुक्तानां किमज्ञातं भवादृशाम् । एतदेव हि नौ नाम यदुक्तं श्रीमता त्वया

Transliteration

gaṇā vūcatuḥ | bhagavadbhaktiyuktānāṃ kimajñātaṃ bhavādṛśām | etadeva hi nau nāma yaduktaṃ śrīmatā tvayā

Translation

Các Gaṇa thưa rằng: “Với bậc như ngài, người đầy đủ bhakti đối với Bhagavān, có điều gì lại chẳng biết? Bạch đấng tôn quý, chính những danh xưng ngài vừa nói ấy là tên của chúng tôi.”

Word by Word

• gaṇāḥ: the gaṇas (attendants)
• gaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ūcatuḥ: said (the two said)
• ūcatuḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; तृतीयपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन

• bhagavadbhaktiyuktānām: of those endowed with devotion to the Lord
• bhagavadbhaktiyuktānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagavat-bhakti + yukta (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक-सम्भव; षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः—bhagavat-bhakti (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: devotion to the Lord) + yukta (कर्मधारय: endowed with)

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• ajñātam: unknown
• ajñātam: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ajñāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकालिक-विशेषण (unknown)

• bhavādṛśām: of people like you
• bhavādṛśām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat-ādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः—bhavat + ādṛśa (तत्पुरुष: like you)

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

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (only/just)

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (for/indeed)

• nau: to us two / of us two
• nau: Sambandha (Genitive/Dative relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), द्विवचन; ‘of us two/to us two’

• nāma: indeed
• nāma: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• yat: which/that
• yat: Sambandha (Relative connector)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative)

• uktam: said/spoken
• uktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śrīmatā: by you, the illustrious one
• śrīmatā: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणवत् (by the illustrious one)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva’s Gaṇas (two attendants)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame typical; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two gaṇas speak with respectful candor, acknowledging the brāhmaṇa’s devotion as a source of knowledge; their forms are otherworldly yet benevolent.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān
• Gaṇas
• Puṇyaśīla
• Suśīla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti (devotion) is portrayed as a light of discernment—devotees perceive truth effortlessly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting belongs to Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography, but this verse stresses devotion rather than a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on the spiritual capacity born of devotion.