Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

इति श्रुत्वा वचः पत्न्याः पूर्णभद्रः स यक्षराट् । आराध्य श्रीमहादेवं गीतज्ञो गीतविद्यया

Transliteration

iti śrutvā vacaḥ patnyāḥ pūrṇabhadraḥ sa yakṣarāṭ | ārādhya śrīmahādevaṃ gītajño gītavidyayā

Translation

Hearing his wife’s words, Pūrṇabhadra—the lord of the Yakṣas—worshipped Śrī Mahādeva, skilled in sacred song and in worship through the science of hymns.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having heard)

• वचः: words; speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पत्न्याः: of (his) wife
• पत्न्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पूर्णभद्रः: Pūrṇabhadra
• पूर्णभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्णभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यक्षराट्: king of the Yakṣas
• यक्षराट्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (यक्षाणां राजा)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having worshipped/propitiated)

• श्रीमहादेवम्: the glorious Mahādeva
• श्रीमहादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् महादेवः)

• गीतज्ञः: knower of songs/music
• गीतज्ञः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गीत + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गीतं जानाति)

• गीतविद्यया: by the art/knowledge of music
• गीतविद्यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गीतस्य विद्या)

Speaker

Skanda (narrative voice, as per Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pūrṇabhadra, the yakṣa king, stands before a Śiva shrine, singing hymns with trained musicians; lamps, incense, and a reverent courtly atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Pūrṇabhadra
• Yakṣa
• Śrī Mahādeva
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship—especially hymn-based praise—directed to Mahādeva is upheld as effective sādhana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where Śiva-worship is portrayed as swiftly fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Mahādeva through gīta/stotra (hymnic worship) is indicated.