Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

यद्दुर्लभं हि भवतां यत्रात्यंतरुचिश्च वः । मद्दासीत्वविमोक्षाय तद्याचध्वं ददाम्यहम्

Transliteration

yaddurlabhaṃ hi bhavatāṃ yatrātyaṃtaruciśca vaḥ | maddāsītvavimokṣāya tadyācadhvaṃ dadāmyaham

Translation

നിങ്ങൾക്കു ദുർലഭമായതും നിങ്ങൾ ഏറ്റവും ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതുമായതു—എന്റെ മാതാവിനെ ദാസ്യത്വത്തിൽ നിന്നു മോചിപ്പിക്കുന്ന വിലയായി അതേ ചോദിക്കുവിൻ; ഞാൻ അതു നല്കും।

Word by Word

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• durlabham: hard to obtain
• durlabham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dur + labha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis/indeed

• bhavatām: of you (honoured ones)
• bhavatām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग

• yatra: wherein/where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb)

• atyantaruciḥ: great desire
• atyantaruciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atyanta + ruci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘अत्यन्त-रुचि’ = great desire/liking

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

• vaḥ: of you / for you
• vaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6) / चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन; enclitic pronoun

• mat: my
• mat: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; in compound (my)

• dāsītva: servitude
• dāsītva: Sambandha (Compound-member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāsa + -tva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (in compound); ‘servitude’

• vimokṣāya: for release
• vimokṣāya: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi + mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (for the sake of)

• maddāsītvavimokṣāya: for release from my servitude
• maddāsītvavimokṣāya: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mat (षष्ठी) + dāsītva + vimokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः + चतुर्थी-प्रयोगः (purpose)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• yācadhvam: ask (you all)
• yācadhvam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yāc (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; personal pronoun

Speaker

Garuḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa, radiant and determined, offers the Nāgas any boon as the price for Vinatā’s freedom; Vinatā stands behind him, anxious yet hopeful; Nāgas coil in council.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Vinatā
• Kādraveyāḥ (implied audience)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Filial duty and compassionate resolve can become a dharmic force—one may undertake great tasks to remove another’s bondage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse concerns the ethical motive and the bargain leading to the amṛta episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a pledge/boon-like offer rather than a rite.