Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । विश्वानर महाभाग शुचिष्मति शुभव्रते । कुरुते युवयोर्वाक्यमयं गृहपतिः शिशुः

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | viśvānara mahābhāga śuciṣmati śubhavrate | kurute yuvayorvākyamayaṃ gṛhapatiḥ śiśuḥ

Translation

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ മഹാഭാഗ്യനായ വൈശ്വാനരാ, ഹേ ശുചിമനസ്സുള്ള ശുഭവ്രതാ! ഈ ബാലൻ ഗൃഹപതി തീർച്ചയായും നിങ്ങളുടെ ഇരുവരുടെയും വാക്ക് അനുസരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वक्ता (speaker)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• viśvānara: O Viśvānara
• viśvānara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvānara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• mahābhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address qualifier/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (‘greatly fortunate’), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषण (of Viśvānara)

• śuciṣmati: O pure-minded one
• śuciṣmati: Sambodhana (Address qualifier/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuciṣmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषण

• śubhavrate: O one of auspicious vows
• śubhavrate: Sambodhana (Address qualifier/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (कर्मधारयार्थ: ‘having auspicious vows’), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• kurute: does, carries out
• kurute: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• yuvayoḥ: of you two
• yuvayoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक; pronoun)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन (dual)

• vākyam: command, word
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• gṛhapatiḥ: the householder
• gṛhapatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛhapati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to ayam/śiśuḥ

• śiśuḥ: child
• śiśuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to ayam

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience (sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada, seated, speaks in blessing tone; Vaiśvānara listens with humility; the child Gṛhapati stands nearby, attentive, embodying obedience and purity.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vaiśvānara
• Gṛhapati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obedience to parents, grounded in purity and disciplined vows, is praised as a sign of spiritual maturity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī) context frames the teaching, though this verse is ethical instruction rather than tīrtha-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it commends the ‘vrata’ of obedience and service within the household.