Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

परामृश्य मनस्येतत्प्राह त्र्यक्षं सुलक्षणा । कृपानिधे महादेव यदि देयो वरो मम

Transliteration

parāmṛśya manasyetatprāha tryakṣaṃ sulakṣaṇā | kṛpānidhe mahādeva yadi deyo varo mama

Translation

Après l’avoir pesé en son cœur, Sulakṣaṇā dit au Seigneur aux Trois Yeux : «Ô Mahādeva, trésor de compassion, si une grâce doit m’être accordée…».

Word by Word

• परामृश्य: having reflected
• परामृश्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा + मृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund: 'having considered')

• मनसि: in (her) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (pronoun: neuter accusative singular)

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (perfect, 3rd person singular, active)

• त्र्यक्षम्: the three-eyed (Śiva)
• त्र्यक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular; bahuvrīhi: 'the three-eyed one' = Śiva)

• सुलक्षणा: the auspicious woman
• सुलक्षणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular; 'well-marked/auspicious')

• कृपा-निधे: O treasure of compassion
• कृपा-निधे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative singular; 'treasure of compassion')

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (vocative singular; 'great god')

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• देयः: is to be given
• देयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (gerundive: 'to be given')

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• मम: to me/of me
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Possession/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (1st person pronoun genitive singular)

Speaker

Sulakṣaṇā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the episode (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sulakṣaṇā, composed and auspicious, after inward reflection, speaks to the three-eyed Mahādeva with folded hands; the moment is quiet, devotional, and anticipatory.

Characters & Entities

• Sulakṣaṇā
• Śiva
• Tryakṣa
• Mahādeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A right boon begins with inner discernment and humble address to the compassionate Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the textual setting (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), though this verse is a devotional dialogue rather than a direct tīrtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it models bhakti through respectful invocation of Śiva’s compassion.