Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

कनककुंडलोवाच । किमर्थं खिद्यसे कांत ज्ञानवानसि यद्भवान् । अत्रोपायोऽस्त्यपत्याप्त्यै विस्रब्धमवधारय

Transliteration

kanakakuṃḍalovāca | kimarthaṃ khidyase kāṃta jñānavānasi yadbhavān | atropāyo'styapatyāptyai visrabdhamavadhāraya

Translation

Kanakakuṇḍala sprach: „Warum betrübst du dich, Geliebte, da du doch wissend bist? Hier gibt es ein Mittel, Nachkommenschaft zu erlangen—höre es voller Vertrauen.“

Word by Word

• कनककुण्डलः: Kanakakuṇḍala (proper name)
• कनककुण्डलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कनक (प्रातिपदिक) + कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कनकस्य कुण्डलं यस्य) नाम (masc. nom. sg.)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd sg. perf.)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक (neut. acc. sg.)

• अर्थम्: reason, purpose
• अर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• खिद्यसे: are you distressed
• खिद्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: खिद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (2nd sg. pres.)

• कान्त: O beloved
• कान्त: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन (voc. sg.)

• ज्ञानवान्: wise, knowledgeable
• ज्ञानवान्: Karta-predicate (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (2nd sg. pres.)

• यत्: since, because
• यत्: Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/हेतुवाचक-अव्ययप्रयोग (relative particle: 'since/that')

• भवान्: you (hon.)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरार्थक-सर्वनाम (honorific pronoun, masc. nom. sg.)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'here')

• उपायः: a means, a method
• उपायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• अस्ति: exists, is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd sg. pres.)

• अपत्याप्त्यै: for obtaining offspring
• अपत्याप्त्यै: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अपत्यस्य आप्तिः) (fem. dat. sg.)

• विस्रब्धम्: confidently, without hesitation
• विस्रब्धम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्रब्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन (adverbial accusative: 'confidently/without fear')

• अवधारय: consider, understand, take note
• अवधारय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + धृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (2nd sg. impv.)

Speaker

Kanakakuṇḍala

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (specific rite not named in this verse)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yakṣiṇī (his beloved, pativratā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kanakakuṇḍala gently consoles his beloved, gesturing toward a nearby shrine/ghāṭ as he speaks of a confident means to obtain offspring.

Characters & Entities

• Kanakakuṇḍala
• Yakṣiṇī
• apatya (offspring)
• upāya (means)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grief should be transformed into dharmic action; wisdom expresses itself as faith and disciplined pursuit of a rightful means (upāya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra as the ‘here’ where an effective spiritual means is available.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only the promise of an upāya for progeny; the specific practice is not stated in this verse.