Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

विधाय मय्यनुक्रोशं कारुण्यामृतसागर । एतदाचक्ष्व मे शंभो पादयोः प्रणतास्म्यहम्

Transliteration

vidhāya mayyanukrośaṃ kāruṇyāmṛtasāgara | etadācakṣva me śaṃbho pādayoḥ praṇatāsmyaham

Translation

Erweise mir Erbarmen, o Śambhu, o Ozean nektargleicher Barmherzigkeit. Verkünde mir dies; ich verneige mich zu deinen Füßen.

Word by Word

• विधाय: having done/placing
• विधाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• मयि: in/for me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/with respect to me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• अनुक्रोशम्: compassion
• अनुक्रोशम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुक्रोश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कारुण्यामृतसागर: O ocean of the nectar of compassion
• कारुण्यामृतसागर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारुण्य + अमृत + सागर (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कारुण्यस्य अमृतम् इव, तस्य सागरः)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आचक्ष्व: tell/declare
• आचक्ष्व: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+चक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मे: to me / my
• मे: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Dat./Gen.), एकवचन (Singular)

• शंभो: O Śambhu
• शंभो: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पादयोः: at (your) two feet
• पादयोः: Adhikaraṇa (At the feet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Gen./Loc.), द्विवचन (Dual)

• प्रणता: bowed down
• प्रणता: Karta (Predicate of 'aham')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रणत (कृदन्त; प्र+नम् धातु + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom./1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Śambhu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, hands folded, bows at Śiva’s feet; Śiva sits serene, embodying ‘ocean of mercy’. The setting hints at Kāśī—temple lamps, river breeze, and sacred ash tones.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual knowledge is sought through humility, surrender, and devotion to the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Kāśī, since the request concerns Kāśī’s liberating liṅgas within the chapter’s setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (reverent bowing/surrender) as a devotional act; no formal rite is detailed.