Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सिद्धक्षेत्रस्य काश्याश्च गंगाया महिमा तथा । वसिष्ठः कथया मास तीर्थान्यन्यानि नारद

Transliteration

siddhakṣetrasya kāśyāśca gaṃgāyā mahimā tathā | vasiṣṭhaḥ kathayā māsa tīrthānyanyāni nārada

Translation

Il raconta aussi la grandeur de Siddhakṣetra, de Kāśī, et de même celle de la sainte Gaṅgā. Et Vasiṣṭha, ô Nārada, exposa encore d’autres tīrthas durant un mois.

Word by Word

• सिद्धक्षेत्रस्य: of the Siddha-kṣetra
• सिद्धक्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; (सिद्धं क्षेत्रम्)

• काश्याः: of Kāśī
• काश्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• गंगायाः: of the Gaṅgā
• गंगायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• महिमा: glory
• महिमा: Karta (Topic/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb: likewise/also)

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• कथयामास: narrated, told
• कथयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; नामधातु/णिजन्त)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; परिप्रयोगः: कथयामास (= कथयाम् + आस)

• तीर्थानि: tīrthas, holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• अन्यानि: other
• अन्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तीर्थानि)

• नारद: O Nārada
• नारद: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Nārada; content attributed to Vasiṣṭha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddhakṣetra; Kāśī; Gaṅgā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Vasiṣṭha seated under a banyan, narrating to Nārada with vīṇā; behind them, vignettes appear like a scroll—Kāśī ghāṭas, Gaṅgā flowing, and a luminous Siddhakṣetra with yogins in meditation—suggesting a month-long sacred itinerary of stories.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Nārada
• Siddhakṣetra
• Kāśī
• Gaṅgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas preserve sacred geography through extended teachings that magnify faith in tīrthas like Kāśī and the Gaṅgā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, the Gaṅgā, and Siddhakṣetra are explicitly praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified; the emphasis is on sustained listening/teaching of tīrtha-māhātmya as spiritually formative.