Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

किंचिद्विज्ञप्तुमिच्छामि अवधेहि ममेरितम् । सत्यं ब्रवीमि नासत्यं मृत्युंजय विचारय

Transliteration

kiṃcidvijñaptumicchāmi avadhehi mameritam | satyaṃ bravīmi nāsatyaṃ mṛtyuṃjaya vicāraya

Translation

「ひとつ願いを申し上げたい—我が言葉をお聞きください。偽りではなく真実を申す。死を征する御方よ、どうかお考えください。」

Word by Word

• किंचित्: something
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘something’

• विज्ञप्तुम्: to submit (a request), to inform
• विज्ञप्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √ज्ञप् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त infinitive), ‘to inform/request’

• इच्छामि: I wish
• इच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष्/√इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• अवधेहि: please heed, listen
• अवधेहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + √धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; ‘listen/attend’

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

• ईरितम्: what is spoken
• ईरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईरित (√ईर्/√ईड् caus./ppp sense) (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘uttered/said (by me)’

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adverbial accusative ‘truthfully/true (thing)’

• ब्रवीमि: I speak
• ब्रवीमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• असत्यम्: untruth
• असत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘untruth’

• मृत्युंजय: O conqueror of death
• मृत्युंजय: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु + जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘conqueror of death’

• विचारय: consider, reflect
• विचारय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √चर् (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; causative sense ‘consider/examine’

Speaker

Gajāsura

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame audience (not specified in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up devotional moment: Gajāsura, wounded yet composed, speaks with a vow of truth; Śiva listens as Mṛtyuñjaya—still, vast, and impartial.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Mṛtyuṃjaya)
• Gajāsura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the divine with truthfulness and humility is presented as the proper dharmic way to seek a boon.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī Khaṇḍa context glorifies Kāśī as Śiva’s realm where even adversaries gain grace through right disposition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a verbal petition framed by satya and reverence.