Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

यदा च राजा भविता दिवोदासो विधेर्वरात् । तदा मे वचनात्तात प्रासादं मे विधास्यति

Transliteration

yadā ca rājā bhavitā divodāso vidhervarāt | tadā me vacanāttāta prāsādaṃ me vidhāsyati

Translation

Khi vua Divodāsa xuất hiện nhờ ân huệ của Phạm Thiên, hỡi người thân yêu, theo lời ta truyền, ngài sẽ cho dựng cho ta một ngôi đền như cung điện thánh.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'when')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भविता: will become
• भविता: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दिवोदासः: Divodāsa
• दिवोदासः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवोदास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विधेः: of Brahmā (Vidhī)
• विधेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वरात्: from the boon
• वरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• मे: to/for me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• वचनात्: from (my) word/command
• वचनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तात: dear one / son
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रासादम्: palace
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• विधास्यति: will construct/arrange
• विधास्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Kāśī-khaṇḍa Avimukta/Viśvanātha context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viśvakarman / a close attendant addressed as 'tāta' (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic moment: the deity foresees King Divodāsa, born by Brahmā’s boon, commissioning a lofty prāsāda in Kāśī; artisans and celestial plans implied.

Characters & Entities

• Divodāsa
• Vidhā (Brahmā)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred space is upheld by divine will and dharmic kingship; building shrines becomes an instrument for restoring holy geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī/Avimukta—the eternal sacred field where Śiva’s presence is specially affirmed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the act emphasized is prāsāda-nirmāṇa (constructing a shrine/temple) as a dharmic service.