Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तेन व्रतेन चीर्णेन महासौभाग्यदेन तु । अवश्यं भविता बाले तव चैवं मनोरथः

Transliteration

tena vratena cīrṇena mahāsaubhāgyadena tu | avaśyaṃ bhavitā bāle tava caivaṃ manorathaḥ

Translation

Par l’accomplissement de ce vœu, dispensateur d’une grande bonne fortune, assurément, ô jeune fille, ton souhait sera ainsi exaucé.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• व्रतेन: by the vow
• व्रतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चीर्णेन: performed/observed
• चीर्णेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चीर्ण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √चर्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त विशेषण (qualifies व्रतेन)

• महासौभाग्यदेन: giving great good fortune
• महासौभाग्यदेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महासौभाग्य-द (प्रातिपदिक; महा + सौभाग्य + द)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies व्रतेन)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थ (particle: indeed/but)

• अवश्यम्: certainly
• अवश्यम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थ (adverb: certainly)

• भविता: will be
• भविता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बाले: O girl
• बाले: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थ (adverb: thus/in this way)

• मनोरथः: wish
• मनोरथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Manoratha-tṛtīyā-vrata (Kāśī context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pulomā-kanyā (Paulomī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva affirms with certainty that the vow grants great good fortune and will fulfill the girl’s wish.

Characters & Entities

• Vrata
• Mahāsaubhāgya
• Pulomā’s daughter (Paulomī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right observance (caryā) yields promised fruits (phala); dharma practiced becomes tangible auspiciousness (saubhāgya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is delivered within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting, implicitly magnifying Kāśī as a field of swift spiritual results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of the specified vrata (Manoratha-tṛtīyā) is affirmed as the means to attain saubhāgya and fulfillment.