Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एको ब्राह्मणदायाद उज्जयिन्या इहागतः । कृतोपनयनः पित्रा ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतेस्थितः

Transliteration

eko brāhmaṇadāyāda ujjayinyā ihāgataḥ | kṛtopanayanaḥ pitrā brahmacaryavratesthitaḥ

Translation

Ein junger Brahmane, Erbe einer brahmanischen Linie, kam von Ujjayinī hierher. Sein Vater hatte ihm das Upanayana vollzogen, und er stand fest im Gelübde des Brahmacarya.

Word by Word

• एकः: one
• एकः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ब्राह्मणदायादः: a Brahmin descendant/heir
• ब्राह्मणदायादः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण-दायाद (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासविग्रहः: ब्राह्मणस्य दायादः (a Brahmin’s heir/descendant)

• उज्जयिन्याः: from Ujjayinī
• उज्जयिन्याः: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्जयिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: here)

• आगतः: having come
• आगतः: Karta (Subject; participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कृतोपनयनः: whose upanayana was done
• कृतोपनयनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-उपनयन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासविग्रहः: कृतम् उपनयनम् यस्य (whose upanayana has been performed)

• पित्रा: by (his) father
• पित्रा: Karaṇa (Agent/instrument in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतेस्थितः: abiding in the vow of brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतेस्थितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य-व्रत-स्थित (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासविग्रहः: ब्रह्मचर्यस्य व्रते स्थितः (standing/abiding in the vow of celibacy)

Speaker

Śiva (continuing the narrative addressed to Aparṇā in the preceding verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (as the destination kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Aparṇā (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young Brahmin student arrives from Ujjayinī: carrying a staff and water-pot, wearing a simple cloth and sacred thread, calm and disciplined. Kāśī’s lanes/ghāṭs appear ahead, with ascetics in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Ujjayinī (Ujjain)
• Brāhmaṇa youth
• Upanayana
• Brahmacarya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma begins with saṃskāras and disciplined vows; such purity becomes the foundation for tīrtha-related merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Kāśī sacred region where the narrative unfolds (context: Hara-pāpa-hrada māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upanayana (sacred-thread initiation) and steadfastness in the brahmacarya-vrata.