Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

स्कंदेश्वर समीपे तु कौमारी बर्हियानगा । प्रेक्षणीया प्रयत्नेन महाफलसमृद्धये

Transliteration

skaṃdeśvara samīpe tu kaumārī barhiyānagā | prekṣaṇīyā prayatnena mahāphalasamṛddhaye

Translation

Près de Skandeśvara se tient la Déesse Kaumārī, montée sur le paon. Qu’on la contemple avec un effort sincère, afin d’obtenir et d’accroître les grands fruits spirituels.

Word by Word

• स्कन्देश्वर: Skandeśvara (Lord Skanda)
• स्कन्देश्वर: Adhikarana (Locative sense via proximity phrase)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः (स्कन्दस्य ईश्वरः); प्रथमा/संबोधन-एकवचन (स्थाननिर्देशे)

• समीपे: near (in the vicinity)
• समीपे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (Locative)

• तु: indeed/and/but
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• कौमारी: (Goddess) Kaumārī
• कौमारी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (Nominative)

• बर्हियानगा: riding a peacock (peacock-vehicle)
• बर्हियानगा: Visheshana (Qualifier of कौमारी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बर्हि-यान-गा (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा; तत्पुरुषसमासः (बर्हिः=मयूरपिच्छम्/मयूरः + यानम् + गा=गच्छन्ती/आरूढा)

• प्रेक्षणीया: should be beheld/seen
• प्रेक्षणीया: Predicate adjective (to be seen)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-ईक्ष् (धातु) → प्रेक्षणीय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा; विधेय-विशेषणम्; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘to be seen’)

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, तृतीया (Instrumental)

• महाफलसमृद्धये: for the attainment of great fruit/prosperity
• महाफलसमृद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/benefit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाफल-समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, चतुर्थी (Dative); तत्पुरुषसमासः (महाफलस्य समृद्धिः)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Skandeśvara-sannidhi Kaumārī-darśana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kāśī shrine-lane near Skandeśvara: Kaumārī Devī seated/standing with serene authority, mounted on a peacock, devotees offering lamps; temple bells and river-city ambience implied.

Characters & Entities

• Skandeśvara
• Kaumārī
• Kāśī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Earnest darśana (reverent beholding) of the Devī at a sacred Kāśī site is taught as a direct means to increase puṇya and spiritual fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The area near Skandeśvara in Kāśī, where Kaumārī Devī is present for darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prekṣaṇa/darśana: one should intentionally seek and behold Kaumārī near Skandeśvara for great merit.