Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहृष्टेंद्रियमानसः । उवाच पार्वतीयं तं सोऽग्रजन्मांत्यजं तदा

Transliteration

iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā prahṛṣṭeṃdriyamānasaḥ | uvāca pārvatīyaṃ taṃ so'grajanmāṃtyajaṃ tadā

Translation

その言葉を聞くと、感官も心も歓喜に満ち、かの高貴なるブラーフマナはその時、パールヴァティー（Pārvatī）の系統／随伴に属する、賤民と見なされた者に語りかけた。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

• वचनम्: speech; statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• प्रहृष्टेन्द्रियमानसः: whose senses and mind were delighted
• प्रहृष्टेन्द्रियमानसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (इन्द्रिय-मानसयोः प्रहृष्टः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पार्वतीयम्: (to) the one related to Pārvatī
• पार्वतीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्वतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (of Pārvatī / belonging to Pārvatī)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अग्रजन्म: one of prior birth; earlier-born
• अग्रजन्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अग्रं जन्म यस्य/अग्रजन्मा)

• अन्त्यजम्: an outcaste
• अन्त्यजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त्यज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Skanda-to-Agastya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra) / Viśveśvara sphere

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A noble brāhmaṇa, eyes bright with joy, turns toward an outcaste associated with Pārvatī’s retinue/lineage; the moment is intimate and dialogic, set against the sacred ambience of Kāśī’s lanes and shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Viśveśa (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere devotion and dharmic speech can transform hearts, dissolving prejudice and awakening reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, as the narrative setting where devotion to Viśveśa becomes the measure of spiritual worth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse functions as narrative transition highlighting inner joy upon hearing dharmic intent.