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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

राज्ञ्युवाच । अवधेहि धरानाथ कथयामि यथातथम् । व्रतस्यास्य विधानं च फलं चाभीष्टदेवताम्

Transliteration

rājñyuvāca | avadhehi dharānātha kathayāmi yathātatham | vratasyāsya vidhānaṃ ca phalaṃ cābhīṣṭadevatām

Translation

王妃は言った。「聞きなさい、大地の主よ。ありのままに語りましょう――この聖なる誓願の正しい作法と、その果報、すなわち望む神格へと導く功徳を。」

Word by Word
राज्ञीthe queen
राज्ञी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootराज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) लिट्
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; ‘said’
अवधेहिlisten
अवधेहि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअव + धा (धातु) लोट्
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; ‘listen/attend’
धरानाथO lord of the earth
धरानाथ:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootधरा (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; Vocative singular; ‘lord of the earth’
कथयामिI will tell
कथयामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (धातु, नामधातु) लट्
Formलट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; ‘I tell’
यथा-तथम्as it really is
यथा-तथम्:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) + तथा (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्ययसमास; adverb ‘just as it is / truly’
व्रतस्यof the vow
व्रतस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular ‘of the vow’
अस्यof this
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular ‘of this’
विधानम्procedure, ordinance
विधानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविधान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय; ‘and’
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय; ‘and’
अभीष्ट-देवताम्the desired deity
अभीष्ट-देवताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअभीष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular; ‘the desired deity’
Speaker

Rājñī (the Queen)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (धरानाथ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen addresses the king with composed authority, promising a truthful account of the vow’s method and fruit; a small shrine lamp and manuscript symbolize transmission of dharma.

Characters & Entities
K
King
I
Iṣṭa-devatā (desired deity)

FAQs

Right practice (vidhāna) joined to clear intention yields spiritual fruit, culminating in the grace/attainment of one’s chosen deity.

The instruction belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered dharma and pilgrimage framework.

It announces that the vrata’s method and fruits will be taught; the detailed steps come in subsequent verses.

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