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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । शृण्वगस्त्यमहाभाग स च राजा भगीरथः । आराध्य श्रीमहादेवमुद्दिधीर्षुः पितामहान्

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇvagastyamahābhāga sa ca rājā bhagīrathaḥ | ārādhya śrīmahādevamuddidhīrṣuḥ pitāmahān

Translation

Skanda dit : Écoute, ô bienheureux Agastya. Ce roi Bhagīratha, désireux de délivrer ses ancêtres, adora le glorieux Mahādeva.

Word by Word
स्कन्दःSkanda
स्कन्दः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
अगस्त्यO Agastya
अगस्त्य:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootअगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
महाभागO greatly fortunate one
महाभाग:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः महा+भाग (कर्मधारय); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
राजाking
राजा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
भगीरथःBhagīratha
भगीरथः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभगीरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
आराध्यhaving worshipped
आराध्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ+राध् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having worshipped’
श्रीमहादेवम्Śrī Mahādeva (Lord Śiva)
श्रीमहादेवम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री+महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः श्री+महादेव (कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
उद्दिधीर्षुःdesiring to raise/restore
उद्दिधीर्षुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्+धृ (धातु)
Formसन्नन्त-इच्छार्थक (Desiderative) कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
पितामहान्forefathers/ancestors
पितामहान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda narrates to Agastya: King Bhagīratha in austere posture worships Mahādeva, intent on rescuing his forefathers; the mood is solemn, vow-filled, and devotional.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda
A
Agastya
B
Bhagīratha
M
Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

Deliverance of ancestors is achieved through devotion and austerity directed to Śiva.

The narrative is steering toward Kāśī and Maṇikarṇikā as the key sacred locus connected with Gaṅgā.

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Mahādeva for pitṛ-upliftment.

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