Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

गर्भपीडा तु नो जातु भविष्यत्यभिमंत्रणात् । बालानां परमा शांतिरेतत्स्तोत्रांबुपानतः

Transliteration

garbhapīḍā tu no jātu bhaviṣyatyabhimaṃtraṇāt | bālānāṃ paramā śāṃtiretatstotrāṃbupānataḥ

Translation

By this consecration (abhimantraṇa), there will never be pregnancy-related pain. And for children, supreme peace comes from drinking the water empowered by this stotra.

Word by Word

• गर्भपीडा: labor/pregnancy pain
• गर्भपीडा: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ-पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गर्भस्य पीडा)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषणार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• जातु: ever
• जातु: कालाधिकरण (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (ever/at any time)

• भविष्यति: will occur
• भविष्यति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — "will be/occur"

• अभिमन्त्रणात्: from the act of enchanting
• अभिमन्त्रणात्: हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि-मन्त्रण (प्रातिपदिक; मन्त्र्(धातु) ल्युट्/घञ्-प्रत्ययान्त भाववाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे — "from/because of consecration (with mantra)"

• बालानाम्: of children
• बालानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• परमा: supreme
• परमा: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying शान्तिः)

• शान्तिः: peace/relief
• शान्तिः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• एतत्: of this
• एतत्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सम्बन्धः स्तोत्राम्बुपानतः इत्यनेन — "of this"

• स्तोत्राम्बुपानतः: from drinking water over which the hymn is recited
• स्तोत्राम्बुपानतः: हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र-अम्बु-पान (प्रातिपदिक; पान = पा(धातु) ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्तोत्रेण अभिमन्त्रितम् अम्बु, तस्य पानम्) — "from drinking the (mantra-)hymn-water"

Speaker

Durgā (Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahāmuni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate Devī’s presence is felt as a mother drinks sanctified water; nearby, a child becomes calm, with a soft aura of peace spreading through the household shrine space.

Characters & Entities

• Durgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devī’s grace is shown as nurturing and protective, extending to mothers and children through sacred practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The practice is taught within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred milieu, reflecting Kāśī’s reputation for dharmic protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhimantraṇa (consecration) and drinking stotra-empowered water for śānti and relief.