Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

इति श्रुत्वा वचः पत्न्याः पूर्णभद्रः स यक्षराट् । आराध्य श्रीमहादेवं गीतज्ञो गीतविद्यया

Transliteration

iti śrutvā vacaḥ patnyāḥ pūrṇabhadraḥ sa yakṣarāṭ | ārādhya śrīmahādevaṃ gītajño gītavidyayā

Translation

ഭാര്യയുടെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് യക്ഷരാജൻ പൂർണഭദ്രൻ, സ്തോത്രവിദ്യയിൽ നിപുണനായി, ശ്രീമഹാദേവനെ ആരാധിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having heard)

• वचः: words; speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पत्न्याः: of (his) wife
• पत्न्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पूर्णभद्रः: Pūrṇabhadra
• पूर्णभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्णभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यक्षराट्: king of the Yakṣas
• यक्षराट्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (यक्षाणां राजा)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having worshipped/propitiated)

• श्रीमहादेवम्: the glorious Mahādeva
• श्रीमहादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् महादेवः)

• गीतज्ञः: knower of songs/music
• गीतज्ञः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गीत + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गीतं जानाति)

• गीतविद्यया: by the art/knowledge of music
• गीतविद्यया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गीतस्य विद्या)

Speaker

Skanda (narrative voice, as per Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pūrṇabhadra, the yakṣa king, stands before a Śiva shrine, singing hymns with trained musicians; lamps, incense, and a reverent courtly atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Pūrṇabhadra
• Yakṣa
• Śrī Mahādeva
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship—especially hymn-based praise—directed to Mahādeva is upheld as effective sādhana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where Śiva-worship is portrayed as swiftly fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Mahādeva through gīta/stotra (hymnic worship) is indicated.