Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

मा निषेधीः प्रार्थयामि यास्यमि पितुरंतिकम् । उक्त्वेति मौलिमदधादंधकारि पदांबुजे

Transliteration

mā niṣedhīḥ prārthayāmi yāsyami pituraṃtikam | uktveti maulimadadhādaṃdhakāri padāṃbuje

Translation

„Wehre es mir nicht — ich flehe dich an. Ich werde zu meinem Vater gehen.“ So sprechend legte sie ihr Haupt auf die lotosgleichen Füße des Feindes Andhakas (Śiva).

Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Prohibitive particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/particle; prohibitive)

• निषेधीः: forbid, prevent
• निषेधीः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध्/सेध् (धातु) + नि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative) निषेधार्थे, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• प्रार्थयामि: I request, I beg
• प्रार्थयामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्थ् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• यास्यामि: I will go
• यास्यामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• पितुः: of (my) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• अन्तिकम्: near (to), vicinity
• अन्तिकम्: Gati/Karman (Goal as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + उद् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle)

• मौलिम्: head, crown
• मौलिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• अदधात्: (she) placed
• अदधात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + अ (अङ्गविकरण; reduplication-class form)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• अन्धक-अरि: O enemy of Andhaka
• अन्धक-अरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक (प्रातिपदिक) + अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• पदाम्बुजे: on the lotus-feet
• पदाम्बुजे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī pleads, 'Do not forbid me,' declaring she will go to her father; she bows deeply and places her head upon Śiva’s lotus-feet, emphasizing surrender and tenderness.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śiva
• Andhaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when pursuing worldly duties, a devotee seeks divine approval and seals the request through surrender at the Lord’s feet.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative sits within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, implicitly glorifying Kāśī as the place where surrender to Śiva bears immediate grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional act is shown: touching/bowing to the Lord’s feet (pāda-vandana), a classic practice of bhakti.