Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

गर्जंति सर्वतीर्थानि स्वस्वधिष्ण्यगतान्यहो । केवलं बलमासाद्य सुमहन्माणिकर्णिकम्

Transliteration

garjaṃti sarvatīrthāni svasvadhiṣṇyagatānyaho | kevalaṃ balamāsādya sumahanmāṇikarṇikam

Translation

Mọi tīrtha, an trụ trong bản xứ của mình, đều vang rền như sấm—thật kỳ diệu—vì chỉ nhờ nương sức từ Maṇikarṇikā vô cùng vĩ đại.

Word by Word

• गर्जन्ति: roar, thunder
• गर्जन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √garj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वतीर्थानि: all tīrthas
• सर्वतीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि तीर्थानि)

• स्वस्वधिष्ण्यगतानि: having gone to their respective seats
• स्वस्वधिष्ण्यगतानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva + sva + dhiṣṇya + gata (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying सर्वतीर्थानि); तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्व-धिष्ण्ये गतानि = gone to their own abodes)

• अहो: ah!, indeed!
• अहो: Bhāva (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aho (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मयार्थक-अव्यय (exclamation)

• केवलम्: only
• केवलम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषण (only/merely)

• बलम्: strength, power
• बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having attained
• आसाद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + √sad (धातु) + lyap
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having attained/approached’

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + mahat (प्रातिपदिक); उपसर्ग-पूर्वपद
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying माणिकर्णिकम्)

• माणिकर्णिकम्: Maṇikarṇikā (as a sacred place)
• माणिकर्णिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṇikarṇika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā (as source of bala for other tīrthas)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified tīrthas stand at their own shrines/ghāṭas ‘roaring’ in acclaim, while a towering luminous Maṇikarṇikā dominates the center like a spiritual sun feeding them power.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇikarṇikā
• tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text presents Maṇikarṇikā as a central reservoir of sanctity, from which other tīrthas derive their potency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇikarṇikā in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a praise statement (stuti) asserting Maṇikarṇikā’s exceptional spiritual force.