Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

इति नाम ददौ तस्मै देयमेकादशेहनि । नामकर्मविधानेन तदर्थं श्रुतिमुच्चरन्

Transliteration

iti nāma dadau tasmai deyamekādaśehani | nāmakarmavidhānena tadarthaṃ śrutimuccaran

Translation

Ainsi lui donna-t-il ce nom, à conférer le onzième jour. Selon le rite de l’imposition du nom, il récita la Śruti qui en énonce le sens.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• नाम: namely
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/ख्यात्यर्थक (particle: 'namely')

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• देयम्: to be given
• देयम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (कृदन्त; √दा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be given)

• एकादशे: on the eleventh
• एकादशे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अहनि इति विशेषण

• अहनि: on the day
• अहनि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• नाम-कर्म-विधानेन: by the rite/procedure of naming
• नाम-कर्म-विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाम (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नामकर्मणः विधानम्; 'by the procedure of the naming-rite')

• तद्-अर्थम्: for that purpose/meaning
• तद्-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; द्वितीया-रूपेण अव्ययत्व (for that purpose/meaning)

• श्रुतिम्: the śruti (Vedic text)
• श्रुतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उच्चरन्: reciting/uttering
• उच्चरन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + √चर् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā bestows the name on the eleventh day; the naming-rite is performed with formal procedure while reciting a śruti passage that conveys the name’s meaning.

Characters & Entities

• Nāmakarma
• Ekādaśāha (eleventh day)
• Śruti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacraments become spiritually potent when performed according to vidhi and illuminated by Śruti—name and meaning are joined through mantra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the narrative frame in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though the verse itself describes rite-procedure rather than a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Naming ceremony (nāmakarma) to be performed on the eleventh day, with Śruti recitation explaining the name’s meaning.