Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

कार्दमिरुवाच । यदि नाथ प्रसन्नोसि भक्तानामनुकंपक । सर्वासामाधिपत्यं मे देह्यपां यादसामपि

Transliteration

kārdamiruvāca | yadi nātha prasannosi bhaktānāmanukaṃpaka | sarvāsāmādhipatyaṃ me dehyapāṃ yādasāmapi

Translation

迦尔达摩说道：“若汝欢喜，主啊，怜悯诸 भक्त者，请赐我统御一切水域之权，并及水中诸生灵。”

Word by Word

• kārdamiḥ: Kārdami
• kārdamiḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārdami (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional particle): ‘if’

• nātha: O Lord
• nātha: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• prasannaḥ: pleased
• prasannaḥ: Karta (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriyā (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhaktānām: of devotees
• bhaktānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• anukaṃpaka: O compassionate one
• anukaṃpaka: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anukaṃpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; ‘compassionate one’

• sarvāsām: of all
• sarvāsām: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarvā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण of āpām

• ādhipatyam: sovereignty, lordship
• ādhipatyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādhipatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• me: for me / my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; enclitic

• dehi: grant
• dehi: Kriyā (Request/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• apām: of waters
• apām: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ap (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• yādasām: of aquatic beings
• yādasām: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yādas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘also/even’

Speaker

Kārdama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kārdama, hands folded, petitions Śiva for lordship over all waters and aquatic beings; behind them, symbolic waves, river currents, and creatures (fish, makara) appear as cosmic emblems.

Characters & Entities

• Kārdama
• Śiva
• Ap (waters)
• Yādasa (aquatic beings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee may seek divinely sanctioned responsibility (ādhipatya) for cosmic order, not merely personal enjoyment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred setting where such boons are requested and conferred.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it is a direct supplication (prārthanā) for a boon.