Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

सोथ प्रसन्नाद्द्युमणेरवृणीत वरं मुनिः । यदि प्रसन्नो भगवान्युवत्वं देहि मे पुनः

Transliteration

sotha prasannāddyumaṇeravṛṇīta varaṃ muniḥ | yadi prasanno bhagavānyuvatvaṃ dehi me punaḥ

Translation

Da erbat der Weise von dem gnädig gestimmten Dyumaṇi (der Sonne) einen Segen: „Wenn der Herr zufrieden ist, gewähre mir erneut die Jugend.“

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तर-अव्यय (conjunctive/then)

• प्रसन्नात्: from the pleased (one)
• प्रसन्नात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेतौ (from/because of being pleased)

• द्युमणेः: of Dyumaṇi (the Sun)
• द्युमणेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युमणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• अवृणीत: chose
• अवृणीत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु; वृञ् वरणे)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying भगवान्)

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• युवत्वम्: youth
• युवत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-अव्यय (adverb: again)

Speaker

Skanda (narrating); request voiced by Vṛddhahārīta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛddhāditya (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The aged sage, moved and hopeful, asks the radiant Sun for youth again; contrast between wrinkled ascetic body and blazing youthful solar deity.

Characters & Entities

• Dyumaṇi (Sūrya)
• Vṛddhahārīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee seeks not luxury but renewed capacity to pursue dharma—here symbolized by regained youth for tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī sacred sphere where Vṛddhāditya/Sūrya worship yields extraordinary boons.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies boon-seeking after worship; it does not specify a separate ritual beyond devotion and propitiation.