Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 220

Devanagari script

मूर्तः षडाननस्तत्र तव पुत्रः सुमध्यमे । एतत्त्रयं नरो दृष्ट्वा न गर्भं प्रविशेदुमे

Transliteration

mūrtaḥ ṣaḍānanastatra tava putraḥ sumadhyame | etattrayaṃ naro dṛṣṭvā na garbhaṃ praviśedume

Translation

هناك يتجلّى شَدّانانا (ذو الوجوه الستة) متجسّدًا—وهو ابنُكِ، يا رشيقةَ الخصر. ومن يشهد هذه الثلاثية، يا أُما، لا يعود يدخل الرحم مرةً أخرى.

Word by Word

• मूर्तः: manifest; embodied
• मूर्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• षडाननः: the six-faced one (Skanda)
• षडाननः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (षड् + आनन), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (genitive pronoun)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सुमध्यमे: O fair-waisted one
• सुमध्यमे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सु + मध्यम), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• त्रयम्: the triad; threefold set
• त्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• गर्भम्: womb; pregnancy
• गर्भम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रविशेत्: should enter
• प्रविशेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• उमे: O Umā
• उमे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame; verse addresses Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (with Ratneśvara context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmin interlocutor; also direct address to Umā within the narrated speech

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred tableau: Umā addressed directly; embodied Ṣaḍānana present alongside the other two of the 'triad' (contextually Śiva and Umā, or a local triadic manifestation). A pilgrim beholds them and is blessed with liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaḍānana (Skanda/Kumāra)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the sacred manifestation is portrayed as liberation-bestowing—cutting the cycle of rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific ‘triad’ of sacred presences in Kāśī connected with Ṣaḍānana (Skanda); the verse signals a liberation-granting darśana spot within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is darśana (reverent viewing/visiting); no additional rite is stated.