Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

सोपि कार्पटिकस्तस्य गिरिराजस्य भाषितम् । समाकर्ण्य समाचष्टुं मुने समुपचक्रमे

Transliteration

sopi kārpaṭikastasya girirājasya bhāṣitam | samākarṇya samācaṣṭuṃ mune samupacakrame

Translation

ആ കാർപ്പടികനും ഗിരിരാജന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട്, ഹേ മുനേ, വൃത്താന്തം പറയാൻ ആരംഭിച്ചു।

Word by Word

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि (also)

• कार्पटिकः: the mendicant
• कार्पटिकः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्पटिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (of him)

• गिरि-राजस्य: of the mountain-king (Himālaya)
• गिरि-राजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; गिरिणां राजा इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (king of mountains)

• भाषितम्: the words spoken
• भाषितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाषित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'speech/words spoken'

• समाकर्ण्य: having heard
• समाकर्ण्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + कर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव (having heard)

• समाचष्टुम्: to narrate; to tell
• समाचष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive); 'to relate/tell'

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; संबोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समुपचक्रमे: began; set about
• समुपचक्रमे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उप + क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् लकार (Perfect); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'began/undertook'

Speaker

Narrator addressing a sage (Muni) (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: To be specified in ensuing narration (Kāśī/Avimukta implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A muni in the immediate narrative frame; ultimately the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (traditional frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mendicant, having heard the mountain-king’s request, composes himself and begins the narration; the audience posture shifts from questioning to attentive listening.

Characters & Entities

• Himavān (Girirāja)
• Kārpaṭika
• Muni (listener addressed by narrator)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is transmitted through attentive listening and truthful narration within a respectful dialogue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching glorified tīrtha in this section, though this verse is transitional.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.