Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

इति दुर्वाससो वाक्यं श्रुत्वा देवस्त्रिलोचनः । अतीव तुषितो जातः काशीस्तवन लब्धमुत्

Transliteration

iti durvāsaso vākyaṃ śrutvā devastrilocanaḥ | atīva tuṣito jātaḥ kāśīstavana labdhamut

Translation

Nghe lời của Durvāsas, Đấng Thiên Chủ ba mắt vô cùng hoan hỷ, vì đã thọ nhận bài tán thán (stavana) ca ngợi Kāśī.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• durvāsasaḥ: of Durvāsas
• durvāsasaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durvāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. gen. sg.)

• vākyam: statement/words
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya (Action—prior/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• devaḥ: the god (Śiva)
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• trilocanaḥ: three-eyed (one)
• trilocanaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; त्रि-लोचनः=three-eyed (masc. nom. sg.)

• atīva: exceedingly
• atīva: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atīva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अतिशयार्थे (exceedingly)

• tuṣitaḥ: pleased
• tuṣitaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• jātaḥ: became
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘जातः’ = became (masc. nom. sg.)

• kāśīstavana: praise of Kāśī
• kāśīstavana: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī + stavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; काशी-स्तवनम्=Kāśī-praise (neut. sg.)

• labdham: obtained
• labdham: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neut. sg.); ‘obtained/received’

• ut: (particle)
• ut: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ut (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/निपात; पाठभेद-सूचक (likely enclitic/particle; sense: up/utterly)

Speaker

Skanda (narrating to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Durvāsas speaks a powerful praise of Kāśī; Śiva (Trilocana) listens, eyes softened with joy, granting inner assent as the city’s sanctity glows behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsas
• Śiva
• Trilocana
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Praise of Kāśī is itself a powerful devotional act that delights Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), celebrated through a formal stavana (hymn of praise).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stavana/stotra—devotional praise of Kāśī as a meritorious practice.