Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

पुत्रवानहमेवास्मि यच्च मे चिरचिंतितम् । स्वपौरुषेण कृतवानभिलाषं करस्थितम्

Transliteration

putravānahamevāsmi yacca me ciraciṃtitam | svapauruṣeṇa kṛtavānabhilāṣaṃ karasthitam

Translation

Wahrlich, ich bin mit einem Sohn gesegnet; und was ich lange erwogen hatte, das hat er durch eigene Tapferkeit so erfüllt, dass mein Wunsch gleichsam in meiner Hand ruht.

Word by Word

• putravān: having a son
• putravān: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (पुत्र) + -vant (वन्त्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'possessing a son' (predicate adjective of aham)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव)
• Form: निपात (restrictive particle) — 'indeed/only'

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'am'

• yat: that which
• yat: Karman (Object of 'ciracintitam')
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'that which'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction) — 'and'

• me: my
• me: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — 'of me/my'

• cira-cintitam: long contemplated
• cira-cintitam: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cira (चिर) + cintita (चिन्तित) < cint (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'long thought/long desired' (yat qualifies)

• sva-pauruṣeṇa: by one’s own effort
• sva-pauruṣeṇa: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (स्व) + pauruṣa (पौरुष) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन — 'by (one’s) own manly effort'

• kṛtavān: having made
• kṛtavān: Karta-anvaya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'having made/done'

• abhilāṣam: desire
• abhilāṣam: Karman
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhilāṣa (अभिलाष) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'desire'

• kara-sthitam: within (my) grasp
• kara-sthitam: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kara (कर) + sthita (स्थित) < sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'placed in hand/within grasp' (abhilāṣam qualifies)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (implied as the fulfilled desire)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas and Gaṇeśa (in-scene)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares himself truly blessed with a son; Gaṇeśa has, by his own prowess, placed Śiva’s long-cherished desire into his hand—fulfilled.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Gaṇeśa (son)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine relationship is celebrated as dharma: the son’s competence and grace become a direct instrument of fulfillment for the highest aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied long-desired attainment in the surrounding passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a thanksgiving-style statement of fulfilled aspiration.