Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

त्रीण्यपत्यानि भो ब्रह्मन्संज्ञायां महसां निधिः । आदित्यो जनयामास कन्यां द्वौ च प्रजापती

Transliteration

trīṇyapatyāni bho brahmansaṃjñāyāṃ mahasāṃ nidhiḥ | ādityo janayāmāsa kanyāṃ dvau ca prajāpatī

Translation

ಓ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣನೇ! ಮಹಸ್ಸಿನ ನಿಧಿಯಾದ ಆದಿತ್ಯನು ಸಂಜ್ಞೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರು ಸಂತಾನಗಳನ್ನು ಜನಿಸಿದನು—ಒಬ್ಬ ಕನ್ಯೆ ಮತ್ತು ಇಬ್ಬರು ಪುತ್ರರು; ಅವರು ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿಗಳಾದರು.

Word by Word

• trīṇi: three
• trīṇi: Karma (Quantifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• apatyāni: children, offspring
• apatyāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• bho: O!
• bho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bho (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-अव्यय (vocative particle)

• brahman: O Brahman (sage)
• brahman: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• saṃjñāyām: in Saṃjñā
• saṃjñāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• mahasām: of splendours
• mahasām: Sambandha (Possessed-of/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• nidhiḥ: treasure, repository
• nidhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ādityaḥ: Āditya (Sun)
• ādityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• janayāmāsa: begot
• janayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative: begot/caused to be born)

• kanyām: a daughter
• kanyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dvau: two
• dvau: Karma (Quantifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा (2nd/1st), द्विवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• prajāpatī: two Prajāpatis
• prajāpatī: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda to Agastya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa (addressed as ‘bho brahman’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āditya as a radiant deity stands beside Saṃjñā; three children are symbolically shown—two male figures with law/justice attributes and one female figure with river-lotus motifs—indicating daughter and two prajāpatis.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sūrya)
• Saṃjñā
• Prajāpati (as epithet/category)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic genealogy frames cosmic order: divine lineages establish dharma through progenitors who sustain worlds and social-ritual continuity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on solar lineage rather than a local tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.