Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 220

Devanagari script

मूर्तः षडाननस्तत्र तव पुत्रः सुमध्यमे । एतत्त्रयं नरो दृष्ट्वा न गर्भं प्रविशेदुमे

Transliteration

mūrtaḥ ṣaḍānanastatra tava putraḥ sumadhyame | etattrayaṃ naro dṛṣṭvā na garbhaṃ praviśedume

Translation

Là, sous une forme incarnée, se tient Ṣaḍānana—ton fils, ô toi à la taille fine. Celui qui voit cette triade, ô Umā, n’entre plus de nouveau dans le sein maternel.

Word by Word

• मूर्तः: manifest; embodied
• मूर्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• षडाननः: the six-faced one (Skanda)
• षडाननः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (षड् + आनन), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (genitive pronoun)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सुमध्यमे: O fair-waisted one
• सुमध्यमे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सु + मध्यम), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• त्रयम्: the triad; threefold set
• त्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• गर्भम्: womb; pregnancy
• गर्भम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रविशेत्: should enter
• प्रविशेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• उमे: O Umā
• उमे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame; verse addresses Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (with Ratneśvara context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmin interlocutor; also direct address to Umā within the narrated speech

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred tableau: Umā addressed directly; embodied Ṣaḍānana present alongside the other two of the 'triad' (contextually Śiva and Umā, or a local triadic manifestation). A pilgrim beholds them and is blessed with liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaḍānana (Skanda/Kumāra)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the sacred manifestation is portrayed as liberation-bestowing—cutting the cycle of rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific ‘triad’ of sacred presences in Kāśī connected with Ṣaḍānana (Skanda); the verse signals a liberation-granting darśana spot within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is darśana (reverent viewing/visiting); no additional rite is stated.