Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

उमया सहितं रुद्रं संतर्प्याध्वरकर्मणा । प्राप सोम इति ख्यातिं दत्तां सोमेन शंभुना

Transliteration

umayā sahitaṃ rudraṃ saṃtarpyādhvarakarmaṇā | prāpa soma iti khyātiṃ dattāṃ somena śaṃbhunā

Translation

ウマーとともに供犠の作法によってルドラを満足させたのち、彼は「ソーマ」という名高い称号を得た――それはシャンブがソーマ供物によって授けた名声である。

Word by Word

• उमया: with Umā
• उमया: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सहितम्: accompanied (by)
• सहितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying rudram)

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied
• संतर्प्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-तृप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• अध्वरकर्मणा: by means of sacrificial rite
• अध्वरकर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; करण (means)

• प्राप: attained
• प्राप: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• इति: thus / called
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक अव्यय (quotative/label marker)

• ख्यातिम्: fame / renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दत्ताम्: given
• दत्ताम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying khyātim)

• सोमेन: by Soma
• सोमेन: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृकरणे (agent in passive sense)

• शंभुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृकरणे (agent)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (implied narrative setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija interlocutor (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma at the yajña-vedi offering soma to Rudra with Umā beside him; Rudra serene, ash-smeared, trident-bearing; Umā compassionate; a radiant blessing gesture confers the famed name ‘Soma’; sages witness in reverent silence.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Umā
• Śambhu
• Soma
• adhvara (yajña)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace and lasting renown arise from sincere worship—especially when Śiva and Umā are honoured through dharmic rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa context points to Kāśī as the preeminent Shaiva field where Śiva’s boons and fame are established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Adhvara-karma (yajña rites) performed as an act of propitiation to Rudra with Umā.