Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

पुत्रान्कलत्रमित्राणि राज्यं स्वर्गापवर्गकम् । वासुदेवं जपन्मर्त्यः सर्वं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्

Transliteration

putrānkalatramitrāṇi rājyaṃ svargāpavargakam | vāsudevaṃ japanmartyaḥ sarvaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

Translation

Ein Sterblicher, der den Namen Vāsudevas rezitiert, erlangt ohne Zweifel alles: Söhne, Gattin und Freunde, Herrschaft, den Himmel und sogar mokṣa, die Befreiung.

Word by Word

• putrān: sons
• putrān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (पुत्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म); बहुवचन

• kalatra: wife/spouse
• kalatra: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalatra (कलत्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म); एकवचन

• mitrāṇi: friends
• mitrāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mitra (मित्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म); बहुवचन

• rājyam: kingdom, sovereignty
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (राज्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म); एकवचन

• svarga-apavargakam: including heaven and liberation
• svarga-apavargakam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svarga (स्वर्ग प्रातिपदिक) + apavarga (अपवर्ग प्रातिपदिक) + ka (क प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म); एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (svarga + apavarga) + क-प्रत्यय (having/including)

• vāsudevam: Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• vāsudevam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (वासुदेव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म); एकवचन

• japan: chanting
• japan: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jap (जप् धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन (japan = chanting)

• martyaḥ: a mortal man
• martyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (मर्त्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता); एकवचन

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म); एकवचन

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• a-saṃśayam: without doubt
• a-saṃśayam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a-saṃśaya (संशय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (negation + noun used adverbially); अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (without doubt)

Speaker

Narrator (within Atri/Dhruva teaching sequence; Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dhruva / audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in japa, rosary in hand; around him appear symbolic vignettes—family, friends, a throne, heavenly light, and finally a doorway of liberation—showing ‘all attained’ through Vāsudeva-japa.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nāma-japa of Vāsudeva is portrayed as a complete path yielding worldly welfare and the highest liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is specified; the verse emphasizes nāma-japa as universally efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa (repetition) of the name “Vāsudeva” is the direct prescription.