Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

विशालाक्ष्या महासौधे मम विश्रामभूमिका । तत्र संसृतिखिन्नानां विश्रामं श्राणयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

viśālākṣyā mahāsaudhe mama viśrāmabhūmikā | tatra saṃsṛtikhinnānāṃ viśrāmaṃ śrāṇayāmyaham

Translation

Trong đại cung điện của Viśālākṣī có chốn an nghỉ của Ta. Tại đó, Ta ban sự nghỉ ngơi cho những ai mỏi mệt vì luân hồi saṃsāra.

Word by Word

• विशालाक्ष्याः: of the wide-eyed (goddess)
• विशालाक्ष्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल-अक्षी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (विशालाक्षी यस्याः सा—विशालाक्षी)

• महासौधे: in the great mansion/palace
• महासौधे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-सौध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् सौधः)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विश्रामभूमिका: a resting-place/ground of repose
• विश्रामभूमिका: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्राम-भूमिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विश्रामस्य भूमिका)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• संसृतिखिन्नानाम्: of those wearied by saṃsāra
• संसृतिखिन्नानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसृति-खिन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (संसृत्या खिन्नाः)

• विश्रामम्: rest
• विश्रामम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• श्राणयामि: I cause (them) to rest / I grant rest
• श्राणयामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्राणय् (धातु; णिच् causative of √श्रण/श्रन् ‘to rest/relieve’, as in text)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśālākṣī (Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhavānī/Devī (implied continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside Viśālākṣī’s grand palace-temple: the goddess with wide compassionate eyes; nearby a serene resting alcove associated with Śiva; weary pilgrims lay down burdens symbolically (broken chains, discarded masks), receiving calm and blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Viśālākṣī
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Saṃsāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is praised as a refuge where the saṃsāra-weary receive deep relief through the combined sanctity of Śiva and Śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mahāsaudha (great palace/temple precinct) of Viśālākṣī in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse highlights the spiritual fruit of approaching this Viśālākṣī-associated sacred place—viśrāma (repose) from saṃsāra.