Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

अधुना गुरुरेधित्वं मम भाग्योदयागतः । राज्यं तु प्रकरोम्येवं न्यक्कृतांतकसाध्वसम्

Transliteration

adhunā gururedhitvaṃ mama bhāgyodayāgataḥ | rājyaṃ tu prakaromyevaṃ nyakkṛtāṃtakasādhvasam

Translation

À présent, par l’essor de ma bonne fortune, la grandeur d’un guru est entrée dans ma vie. Ainsi administrerai-je mon royaume, ayant dompté la crainte de Yama, la Mort.

Word by Word

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• गुरु: O teacher
• गुरु: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे/प्रथमा (contextual)

• एधित्वम्: prosperity/flourishing
• एधित्वम्: Karta (Predicate/State)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एधि (प्रातिपदिक; भाववाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (state of prosperity/growth)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भाग्योदयागतः: arrived with the rise of fortune
• भाग्योदयागतः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाग्य + उदय + आगत (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (आगत), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: भाग्यस्य उदयः → भाग्योदयः, तेन आगतः (one who has come with the rise of fortune)

• राज्यम्: the kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• प्रकरोमि: I carry out/arrange
• प्रकरोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• न्यक्कृतांतकसाध्वसम्: that has subdued the fear of Death
• न्यक्कृतांतकसाध्वसम्: Karma (Object qualifier: rājyaṃ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्यक् + कृत + अन्तक + साध्वस (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: (अन्तकस्य साध्वसम्) यत् न्यक्कृतम् (made low/overcome)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśī-khaṇḍa often Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame; not stated in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king seated in council, calm and resolute, with a guru/ascetic nearby; Yama’s shadow or symbolic noose fades in the background, indicating subdued fear; Kāśī’s temple skyline anchors the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Antaka (Yama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Guru-guided dharma produces inner fearlessness, enabling righteous governance and steadiness before death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting implies Kāśī’s sanctity, though the verse itself stresses guru-influence and fearlessness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied practice is seeking and following guru-upadeśa for dharmic living.