Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

माहेय इत्यतः ख्यातिं परामेष गतः सदा । ततस्तेपे तपोत्युग्रमुग्रपुर्यां पुरानघ

Transliteration

māheya ityataḥ khyātiṃ parāmeṣa gataḥ sadā | tatastepe tapotyugramugrapuryāṃ purānagha

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് അവൻ എപ്പോഴും ‘മാഹേയ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പരമഖ്യാതി പ്രാപിച്ചു. തുടർന്ന്, ഹേ നിർപാപനേ, ഉഗ്രപുരിയിൽ അവൻ അത്യന്തം ഉഗ്രമായ തപസ്സ് അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• माहेयः: Māheya (a name)
• माहेयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/निदर्शनार्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• अतः: from this; therefore
• अतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक/अपादानार्थक अव्यय (from this/therefore)

• ख्यातिम्: fame, renown
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पराम्: supreme, great
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• एषः: this one, he
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गतः: attained; gone
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having gone/attained)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अपादानार्थक अव्यय (then/from there)

• तेपे: performed austerity; did penance
• तेपे: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• अति-उग्रम्: exceedingly fierce
• अति-उग्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (अव्यय-उपसर्ग) + उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; अव्ययीभाव-समास (ati+ugra)

• उग्रपुर्याम्: in Ugrapurī (the fierce city)
• उग्रपुर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ugrāyāḥ purī)

• पुरा: formerly; once
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (formerly)

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva-gaṇas (attendants of Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ugrapurī (Kāśī/Avimukta precinct)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic figure known as ‘Māheya’ performs fierce austerities in the sacred cityscape of Ugrapurī—stillness amid ghats, temples, and the unseen presence of Viśveśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Māheya
• Ugrapurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy identity (name/fame) is fulfilled through tapas; sacred places like Ugrapurī are stages for intense spiritual striving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ugrapurī, presented as a powerful locale for austerity within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is indicated, though no specific vrata or procedure is detailed.