Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 383

Devanagari script

ततस्तपश्चरिष्यामि लोकद्वयमहत्त्वदम् । प्राप्य त्वद्वरदानेन यौवनं सर्वसंमतम्

Transliteration

tatastapaścariṣyāmi lokadvayamahattvadam | prāpya tvadvaradānena yauvanaṃ sarvasaṃmatam

Translation

Daraufhin werde ich Askese üben, die Größe in beiden Welten verleiht; denn durch die Gnade deiner Gabe habe ich eine von allen gebilligte Jugend erlangt.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• tapaḥ: austerity, penance
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण (object)

• cariṣyāmi: I will practice
• cariṣyāmi: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘चरिष्यामि’ = I shall practice

• lokadvaya-mahattva-dam: giving greatness to the two worlds
• lokadvaya-mahattva-dam: Karma (Object complement/qualifier of tapaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक) + mahattva (प्रातिपदिक) + da (धातु, दा-प्रत्ययान्त ‘दम्’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: लोकयोर्द्वयोः महत्त्वं ददाति इति (giver of greatness to the two worlds)

• prāpya: having obtained
• prāpya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having obtained; अव्ययभावेन प्रयोगः

• tvad-vara-dānena: by your granting of a boon
• tvad-vara-dānena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: त्वया दत्तं वरदानम् (boon-giving by you)

• yauvanam: youth
• yauvanam: Karma (Object of prāpya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yauvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• sarva-saṃmatam: approved by all
• sarva-saṃmatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of yauvanam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃmata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, सम्+मन्/मन् धातु से ‘मत’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: सर्वैः संमतम् (approved by all)

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: a devotee/recipient of a boon speaking within the narrative; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-taking ascetic, newly youthful by a divine boon, stands with folded hands before a luminous deity/benefactor; the background suggests a hermitage and the promise of pilgrimage.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A boon is not an end in itself; it becomes a foundation for tapas and dharma that elevate one in this world and the next.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative environment; no single tīrtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity/discipline) is stated as the intended practice.