Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

न मे श्रमो वृथा जातो ब्रुवतस्ते पुरः कथाम् । इत्यगस्तिं समाभाष्य पुनः प्राह षडाननः

Transliteration

na me śramo vṛthā jāto bruvataste puraḥ kathām | ityagastiṃ samābhāṣya punaḥ prāha ṣaḍānanaḥ

Translation

„Meine Mühe war nicht vergeblich, denn ich habe diese Erzählung in deiner Gegenwart vorgetragen.“ So sprach er zu Agastya, und Ṣaḍānana (Skanda) fuhr erneut fort.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic form ‘मे’

• śramaḥ: effort, exertion
• śramaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vṛthā: in vain
• vṛthā: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vṛthā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• jātaḥ: has become / occurred
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘जन्’ धातोः—‘become/occurred’ (predicative to śramaḥ)

• bruvataḥ: of (you) speaking
• bruvataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brū (धातु) + bruvat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘speaking’—qualifies ‘te’ (your speaking)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic ‘ते’

• puraḥ: in front
• puraḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puraḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• kathām: story, account
• kathām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• agastiṃ: Agastya
• agastiṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agasti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• samābhāṣya: having addressed
• samābhāṣya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ā-√bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having addressed/spoken to’

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ṣaḍānanaḥ: the six-faced one (Skanda)
• ṣaḍānanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘he whose faces are six’

Speaker

Skanda (Ṣaḍānana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda (Ṣaḍānana) addresses Ṛṣi Agastya in a calm teaching setting, signaling continuation of the Kāśī narrative.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred teaching becomes fruitful when transmitted in a worthy disciple’s presence; the Purāṇic dialogue itself is a vehicle of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), in the context of Satīśvara-liṅga’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it frames the continuation of the māhātmya narration.