Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

सप्तद्वीपपतेराज्ञः कुमारस्त्वं तथा कथम् । स्वभावभिन्नप्रकृतौ लोकेस्मिन्न मनोगतम्

Transliteration

saptadvīpapaterājñaḥ kumārastvaṃ tathā katham | svabhāvabhinnaprakṛtau lokesminna manogatam

Translation

Tu es le prince d’un roi qui règne sur les sept continents ; comment donc une telle pensée a-t-elle surgi en toi, dans ce monde dont la nature est si éloignée du renoncement ?

Word by Word

• sapta-dvīpa-pateḥ: of the lord of the seven continents
• sapta-dvīpa-pateḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘saptānāṃ dvīpānāṃ patiḥ’

• rājñaḥ: of the king
• rājñaḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• kumāraḥ: a prince/son
• kumāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tathā: thus/so
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• katham: how
• katham: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• svabhāva-bhinna-prakṛtau: in a nature different in disposition
• svabhāva-bhinna-prakṛtau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svabhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhinna (कृदन्त; √bhid ‘to split’ past participle) + prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः—‘svabhāvena bhinnā prakṛtiḥ’ (nature different by disposition)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• manogatam: acceptable/agreeable (lit. gone to the mind)
• manogatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manogata (प्रातिपदिक; manas + gata)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः—‘manasi gatam’ (gone into the mind)

Speaker

Sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual interlocutors)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages marvel that a prince of a universal monarch could entertain renunciatory thoughts in a world inclined toward pleasure and ambition.

Characters & Entities

• sages
• Dhruva
• Uttānapāda (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renunciation arising in the midst of power and privilege is rare and therefore spiritually significant.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified; the verse is character-focused within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.