Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

इत्याकर्ण्य गिरं विष्णोरग्निबिंदुर्महामुनिः । प्रहृष्टरोमा प्रोवाच पुनरन्यं वरं वृणे

Transliteration

ityākarṇya giraṃ viṣṇoragnibiṃdurmahāmuniḥ | prahṛṣṭaromā provāca punaranyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇe

Translation

Als der große Weise Agnibindu diese Worte Viṣṇus vernahm—vor Freude sträubte sich ihm das Haar—sprach er erneut: „Ich wähle noch einen weiteren Segen.“

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यर्थ-निदर्शक quotative)

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+कर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (having heard)

• गिरम्: speech; words
• गिरम्: Karma (Object of hearing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive: speaker/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अग्निबिन्दुः: Agnibindu (name of a sage)
• अग्निबिन्दुः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + बिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अग्नेः बिन्दुः), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, कर्मधारय (महान् मुनिः), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रहृष्टरोमा: one whose hairs bristled (delighted)
• प्रहृष्टरोमा: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + रोमान्/रोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, बहुव्रीहि (प्रहृष्टानि रोमाणि यस्य), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रोवाच: said; spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/पुनरावृत्ति adverb)

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (qualifying 'varam')

• वरम्: boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वृणे: I choose; I request
• वृणे: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda, in Kāśī Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcanada (introduced in the boon request sequence) within Kāśī

Type: tirtha (sub-site within kṣetra)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the Purāṇa; immediate listener is the reader/hearer while the in-story listener is Agnibindu hearing Viṣṇu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Agnibindu listens to Viṣṇu; his body shows romāñca (hair standing on end). He folds hands and prepares to ask another boon, the atmosphere charged with sacred joy.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Viṣṇu
• Agnibindu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion culminates in rapturous gratitude and inspires dharmic requests that benefit future pilgrims and seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate narrative context is Kāśī, leading into the glorification of Pañcanada and Bindu-Mādhava.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it introduces the request for boons that will define tīrtha-related benefits.