Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

इति भूपालवर्येण श्रुत्वा संहृष्टचेतसा । मुनेव तं समाचीर्णं सांतर्वत्नी बभूव ह

Transliteration

iti bhūpālavaryeṇa śrutvā saṃhṛṣṭacetasā | muneva taṃ samācīrṇaṃ sāṃtarvatnī babhūva ha

Translation

L’ayant entendu, l’excellent roi, l’esprit réjoui, le fit accomplir exactement comme le muni l’avait prescrit ; et, en vérité, la reine devint enceinte.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (thus/so, quotative)

• भूपालवर्येण: by the excellent king
• भूपालवर्येण: Karta (Agent of gerund/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपाल (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘वर्यः भूपालः’ (excellent king)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु; √श्रु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया; ‘having heard’

• संहृष्टचेतसा: with a delighted mind
• संहृष्टचेतसा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (State/भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहृष्ट (कृदन्त; √हृष्, क्त) + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि ‘संहृष्टं चेतः यस्य सः’ (one whose mind is delighted)

• मुना: like a sage (instrumental in comparison)
• मुना: Upamāna (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (muneḥ iva—see next word)

• इव: like
• इव: Upamā (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (like/as)

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

• समाचीर्णम्: properly performed
• समाचीर्णम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु; √चर्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘well-performed/observed’ (agreeing with ‘तम्’ understood as ‘व्रतम्’)

• सांतर्वत्नी: the pregnant (queen)
• सांतर्वत्नी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + अन्तर्वत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘अन्तर्वत्नी’ = गर्भिणी (pregnant woman)

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु; √भू)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed (expletive)
• ह: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: पादपूरण/निपात (expletive particle)

Speaker

Skanda (narrative voice; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, delighted, orders the vow performed exactly; the queen, adorned, receives auspicious signs of pregnancy; attendants hold lamps and ritual trays.

Characters & Entities

• bhūpāla (king)
• muni (sage)
• queen
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful adherence to dharmic instruction—performed as taught—bears tangible fruit through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa, reinforcing the belief that Kāśī magnifies the fruit of vrata and dāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Exact observance of the previously described vrata as instructed by a sage/teacher.