Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

अन्यान्वरान्प्रयच्छामि स्तवेनानेन तोषितः । सुनीतिरपि ते माता त्वत्समीपे चरिष्यति

Transliteration

anyānvarānprayacchāmi stavenānena toṣitaḥ | sunītirapi te mātā tvatsamīpe cariṣyati

Translation

Von diesem Hymnus erfreut, gewähre ich dir auch andere Gaben; und auch deine Mutter Sunīti wird in deiner Nähe wohnen.

Word by Word

• anyān: other
• anyān: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘other’ (qualifying varān)

• varān: boons
• varān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘boons’

• prayacchāmi: I grant
• prayacchāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• stavena: by (your) hymn
• stavena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘by praise/hymn’

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘by this’ (qualifying stavena)

• toṣitaḥ: pleased
• toṣitaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tuṣ (धातu)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘pleased/satisfied’

• sunītiḥ: Sunīti
• sunītiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sunīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘also’

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘your’

• mātā: mother
• mātā: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tvatsamīpe: near you
• tvatsamīpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + samīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘त्वत्-समīप’ = near you

• cariṣyati: will live/move about
• cariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √car (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Bhagavān Viṣṇu

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / devotees

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity, pleased by Dhruva’s hymn, grants additional boons; Sunīti, the mother, is shown approaching and being assured of dwelling near her son’s exalted station.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Dhruva
• Sunīti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise bears tangible fruits: the Lord bestows blessings that include both spiritual status and compassionate care for loved ones.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tirtha is named; the verse is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader sacred narrative environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is stuti (hymnic praise); no additional rite (snāna, dāna, japa) is specified here.