Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

मनुरेष यमावेतौ यमुना यम संज्ञकौ । स्वापत्यदृष्ट्या द्रष्टव्यमेतद्बालत्रयं त्वया

Transliteration

manureṣa yamāvetau yamunā yama saṃjñakau | svāpatyadṛṣṭyā draṣṭavyametadbālatrayaṃ tvayā

Translation

“ນີ້ແມ່ນ ມະນຸ; ແລະສອງຄົນນີ້ແມ່ນຝາແຝດ—ຍະມຸນາ ແລະ ຍະມ ຜູ້ມີນາມນັ້ນ. ເຈົ້າພຶງເບິ່ງເດັກທັງສາມນີ້ດ້ວຍໃຈດັ່ງເປັນລູກຂອງຕົນເອງ.”

Word by Word

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यमा: the two Yamas (twins)
• यमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (Dual)

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• यमुना: Yamunā
• यमुना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यम: Yama
• यम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संज्ञकौ: named/called
• संज्ञकौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• स्वापत्यदृष्ट्या: with the view/consideration of (one's) own offspring
• स्वापत्यदृष्ट्या: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + अपत्य + दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• द्रष्टव्यम्: should be seen
• द्रष्टव्यम्: Kriya (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (Gerundive/तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-भावः: ‘to be seen/should be seen’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• बालत्रयम्: the group of three children
• बालत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Saṃjñā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yamunā

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Saṃjñā points out three children—Manu and the twins Yamunā and Yama—charging Chāyā to look upon them as her own; the children are central, symbolizing future cosmic order (Manu as lawgiver; Yama as dharma-judge; Yamunā as sacred river).

Characters & Entities

• Manu
• Yama
• Yamunā
• Chāyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma in the home is measured by impartial care—children must be protected and loved without discrimination.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse is part of a narrative embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.