Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तव पुत्रशतं जज्ञे सप्तोनं शुभलक्षणे । तेष्वेकस्तुरगारूढो बाह्याल्यां पतितो मृतः

Transliteration

tava putraśataṃ jajñe saptonaṃ śubhalakṣaṇe | teṣvekasturagārūḍho bāhyālyāṃ patito mṛtaḥ

Translation

„O Frau mit glückverheißenden Zeichen, du hast hundert Söhne geboren, sieben fehlen; unter ihnen ist einer—auf einem Pferd—in der äußeren Gasse gestürzt und gestorben.“

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• पुत्रशतम्: a hundred sons
• पुत्रशतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्राणां शतम्)

• जज्ञे: were born/was born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• सप्तोनम्: seven less (i.e., 93)
• सप्तोनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ऊन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; संख्या-तत्पुरुषः (सप्तभ्य ऊनम् = seven less)

• शुभलक्षणे: O auspicious-marked one
• शुभलक्षणे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (शुभं लक्षणं यस्याः)

• तेषु: among them
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम

• एकः: one (of them)
• एकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तुरगारूढः: mounted on a horse
• तुरगारूढः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुरग (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (कृदन्त; आ√रुह् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (Past participle) ‘आरूढ’; तत्पुरुषः (तुरगे आरूढः)

• बाह्याल्याम्: in the outer courtyard/outer passage
• बाह्याल्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाह्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (बाह्या आली)

• पतितः: fallen
• पतितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त; √पत् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (Past participle)

• मृतः: dead
• मृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त; √मृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (Past participle)

Speaker

Skanda (narrating speech of the disguised figure; deduced context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages / internal royal audience (queen and attendants)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa/soothsayer-like figure recounts ‘seen facts’ to a queen: a horseman has fallen in an outer lane of Kāśī; palace women listen in alarm; the city’s narrow lanes and distant ghāṭ silhouettes suggest sacred urban density.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even accurate-sounding predictions can be used to manipulate; truth must be joined with right intention to be dharmic.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred context; no particular tīrtha is singled out in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.