Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

श्रीकंठांडज डिंभानाममीषां मधुरब्रुवाम् । मत्तपश्चिरसाक्षीणां मत्पुरः प्राप्तजन्मनाम्

Transliteration

śrīkaṃṭhāṃḍaja ḍiṃbhānāmamīṣāṃ madhurabruvām | mattapaścirasākṣīṇāṃ matpuraḥ prāptajanmanām

Translation

„Was diese Jungen betrifft, aus dem Ei Śrīkaṇṭhas geboren, süß im Wort—die seit langem Zeugen meiner Askese sind und in meiner Stadt Geburt erlangten, vor mich hingelangt…“

Word by Word

• श्रीकण्ठ-अण्डज: of the egg-born (offspring) of Śrīkaṇṭha
• श्रीकण्ठ-अण्डज: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीकण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + अण्डज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (understood with following षष्ठी-बहुवचन series); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (श्रीकण्ठस्य अण्डजाः)

• डिम्भानाम्: of the young ones/children
• डिम्भानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: डिम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• अमीषाम्: of these
• अमीषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• मधुरब्रुवाम्: of those speaking sweetly
• मधुरब्रुवाम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्रुव (कृदन्त; √ब्रू धातु, शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (मधुरं ब्रुवन्ति) + शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present participle)

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचनस्य रूपम् (enclitic base 'मत्' used in compounds) = 'my'

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• चिर: long
• चिर: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (indeclinable-like adjectival stem) = 'long'

• साक्षीणाम्: of the witnesses
• साक्षीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• मत्पुरः: of my city
• मत्पुरः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम पुरम्)

• प्राप्तजन्मनाम्: of those who have obtained birth (there)
• प्राप्तजन्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप् धातु + प्र-उपसर्ग, क्त) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः: 'प्राप्तं जन्म येषाम्' (bahuvrīhi-like sense) but formally क्त + नामधातु-समास; used as genitive plural qualifier

Speaker

Dharmarāja (Yama)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī/Avimukta

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage-audience / pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of young, sweet-speaking parrots—mystically ‘born from Śrīkaṇṭha’s egg’—stand near the devotee, portrayed as long-time witnesses to his austerities within Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmarāja (Yama)
• Śiva (Śrīkaṇṭha)
• Kīras/Parrots (implied by continuation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision extends grace to all beings; even small creatures connected to dharma and tapas become recipients of divine concern.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues a Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative; the sacred city motif frames the petition, though the ‘my city’ reference is internal to the story.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it references tapas as the spiritual backdrop.