Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

त्रैलोक्ये यानि वस्तूनि रत्नभूतानि तानि तु । रत्नेश्वरं समभ्यर्च्य सकृत्प्राप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

trailokye yāni vastūni ratnabhūtāni tāni tu | ratneśvaraṃ samabhyarcya sakṛtprāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

三界之中凡如宝珠般的珍宝——只要一次虔敬礼拜宝主罗特内湿伐罗（Ratneśvara），世人便能获得。

Word by Word

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• वस्तूनि: objects; things
• वस्तूनि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• रत्नभूतानि: having become jewels; jewel-like
• रत्नभूतानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (कृदन्त; √भू धातु, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (but/indeed)

• रत्नेश्वरम्: Ratneśvara
• रत्नेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + अभि + √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/आवृत्तिवाचक (once)

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मानवः: a human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśvara (Avimukta, Kāśī)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Ratneśvara liṅga; from it emanate symbolic treasures of the three worlds—gems, crowns, auspicious vessels—signifying that a single worship grants all jewel-like attainments.

Characters & Entities

• Ratneśvara
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion in a supremely holy place yields disproportionate spiritual and worldly fruits, symbolized as ‘treasures of the three worlds.’

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratneśvara shrine in Kāśī (Avimukta Kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Single performance of worship (samabhyarcana) of Ratneśvara is praised as highly fruitful.