Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

अगस्तिरुवाच । शिवशर्मणि शर्मकारिणीं प थि दिव्ये श्रमहारिणीं गणौ । कथयंतौ तु कथामिमां शुभामुडुलोकं परिजग्मतुस्ततः

Transliteration

agastiruvāca | śivaśarmaṇi śarmakāriṇīṃ pa thi divye śramahāriṇīṃ gaṇau | kathayaṃtau tu kathāmimāṃ śubhāmuḍulokaṃ parijagmatustataḥ

Translation

अगस्त्य बोले—तब वे दोनों गण, जो दिव्य पथ में श्रम हरने वाले और शिवशर्मा को सुख देने वाले थे, इस शुभ कथा का कथन करते हुए वहाँ से उडुलोक (नक्षत्रलोक) को चले गए।

Word by Word

• agastiḥ: Agastya
• agastiḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agasti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śivaśarmaṇi: in/with Śivaśarman (context: regarding Śivaśarman)
• śivaśarmaṇi: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivaśarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; नाम

• śarmakāriṇīm: bringing comfort/joy
• śarmakāriṇīm: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śarma (प्रातिपदिक) + kāriṇī (कृ धातु, णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• pathi: on the path
• pathi: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pathin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (विशेष-रूप: ‘पथि’)

• divye: divine
• divye: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘पथि’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• śramahāriṇīm: removing fatigue
• śramahāriṇīm: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrama (प्रातिपदिक) + hāriṇī (हृ धातु, णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• gaṇau: the two attendants/gaṇas
• gaṇau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• kathayantau: while narrating
• kathayantau: Kriya (Concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathay (कथय् धातु, causative of कथ्)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त) ‘कथयन्त्’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (while narrating)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वय

• kathām: the story
• kathām: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• imām: this
• imām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘कथाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• śubhām: auspicious
• śubhām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘कथाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• uḍu-lokam: to the star-world
• uḍu-lokam: Gati/Karma (Destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uḍu (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• parijagmatūḥ: went forth/reached
• parijagmatūḥ: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रम (thereupon/from there)

Speaker

Agastya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Lopāmudrā (implied by surrounding frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two divine attendants escort Śivaśarman along a luminous celestial road; their presence removes fatigue; they continue narrating an auspicious story as they ascend toward the starry realm.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Śivaśarman
• Gaṇa (Śiva’s attendants)
• Uḍuloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narration sustains spiritual journeying; divine helpers guide devotees and the story culminates in a celestial transition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse closes an episode within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Candreśvara-related Māhātmya, rooted in Kāśī’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on kathā (sacred storytelling) and its auspicious continuity.