Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

पुरुषायितसंज्ञेन तप्तं यत्तपसाधुना । भवतीभिस्ततः पुंस्त्वमिच्छया वो भविष्यति

Transliteration

puruṣāyitasaṃjñena taptaṃ yattapasādhunā | bhavatībhistataḥ puṃstvamicchayā vo bhaviṣyati

Translation

Weil ihr die Askese namens Puruṣāyita rechtmäßig vollzogen habt, wird euch nach eurem eigenen Wunsch der männliche Zustand zuteilwerden.

Word by Word

• पुरुषायितसंज्ञेन: by/with the name ‘Puruṣāyita’
• पुरुषायितसंज्ञेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरुषायित (पुरुष + आयित; प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (संज्ञ-शब्दः), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘पुरुषायित-नाम्ना’

• तप्तम्: performed
• तप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (तपः) सह विशेषण

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साधुना: by the virtuous one/saint
• साधुना: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवतीभिः: by you (ladies)
• भवतीभिः: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवती (सर्वनामवत्/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; आदरार्थक-प्रयोग (honorific ‘you’ feminine)

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), हेत्वर्थ/अनन्तरार्थक

• पुंस्त्वम्: manhood/male state
• पुंस्त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इच्छया: by (your) wish
• इच्छया: Karana (Means/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वः: for you/of you
• वः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Viśveśvara (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nakṣatreśvara / Puruṣāyita-tapas site (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The tapas-performing devotees; and the text’s audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśveśvara declares the fruit of Puruṣāyita-tapas: the devotees’ wished-for manhood will arise; the scene shows a divine pronouncement with subtle symbolic metamorphosis—star motifs, shifting silhouettes, and a radiant blessing descending.

Characters & Entities

• Viśveśvara
• Puruṣāyita
• Kumārikās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas grants transformative power under divine sanction; even embodied states are shown as subordinate to dharma and the Lord’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The boon is spoken by Viśveśvara within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting, reinforcing Kāśī as the place where extraordinary spiritual results manifest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The observance/austerity termed ‘Puruṣāyita’ is referenced as the causal practice leading to the boon.