Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

यो यो मनोरथो यस्य स तं तं विंदते ध्रुवम् । मनोरथतृतीयाया व्रतस्य चरणाद्व्रती

Transliteration

yo yo manoratho yasya sa taṃ taṃ viṃdate dhruvam | manorathatṛtīyāyā vratasya caraṇādvratī

Translation

Quel que soit le vœu qu’un être porte en son cœur, ce vœu-là, assurément, il l’obtient, par l’accomplissement de l’observance sacrée de Manoratha-tṛtīyā.

Word by Word

• यः: which, whatever
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• यः: whatever (each)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• मनोरथः: wish, desire
• मनोरथः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्-रथ (प्रातिपदिक; मनस् + रथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यस्य: of whom, whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• तम्: that (very)
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• विन्दते: finds, obtains
• विन्दते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• ध्रुवम्: surely, certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया-एकवचन (accusative used adverbially: certainly)

• मनोरथतृतीयायाः: of the (rite called) Manoratha-tṛtīyā
• मनोरथतृतीयायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ-तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक; मनोरथ + तृतीया)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्रतस्य: of the vow
• व्रतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• चरणात्: from (the performance of) the observance/step
• चरणात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्रती: the vow-observer
• व्रती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Manoratha-tṛtīyā (in Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A focused ritual scene of Manoratha-tṛtīyā: a devotee making saṅkalpa, offering bilva and lamps to a Śiva-linga, with a written list of wishes symbolically dissolving into light; Kāśī ghats and temple towers in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Manoratha-tṛtīyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused intention joined to disciplined vow-observance in a sacred field like Kāśī is portrayed as leading to certain fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, where this vrata’s māhātmya is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking/performance of the Manoratha-tṛtīyā vrata is explicitly referenced.