Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अग्निशुश्रूषणरतो वेदाध्ययनतत्परः । तस्य पुत्रो गुणनिधिश्चंद्रबिंबसमाकृतिः

Transliteration

agniśuśrūṣaṇarato vedādhyayanatatparaḥ | tasya putro guṇanidhiścaṃdrabiṃbasamākṛtiḥ

Translation

അവൻ അഗ്നിശുശ്രൂഷയിൽ നിരതനും വേദാധ്യയനത്തിൽ തത്പരനും ആയിരുന്നു. അവന്റെ പുത്രൻ ഗുണനിധി; അവന്റെ മുഖം ചന്ദ്രബിംബംപോലെ ആയിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अग्नि-शुश्रूषण-रतः: devoted to service of the sacred fire
• अग्नि-शुश्रूषण-रतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + शुश्रूषण (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वेद-अध्ययन-तत्परः: intent on study of the Veda
• वेद-अध्ययन-तत्परः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्ययन (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• गुण-निधिः: treasury of virtues
• गुण-निधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• चन्द्र-बिम्ब-सम-आकृतिः: having a form like the moon’s orb
• चन्द्र-बिम्ब-सम-आकृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + बिम्ब (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine; आकृतिः), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Domestic sacred-fire service at dawn: Yajñadatta tending the fire with ladle and offerings; beside him, a youthful Guṇanidhi with moonlike face, calm and radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Guṇanidhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained by daily reverence to Agni and steadfast Vedic learning, forming the seedbed for virtue in a family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised; the verse continues the character-setting within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Service to the sacred fire (Agni) and dedication to Vedic study are indicated as core disciplines.