Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ममापि येन त्रिपुरं समरे जयकांक्षिणः । जयाशा पूरिता स्तुत्या बहुमोदकदानतः

Transliteration

mamāpi yena tripuraṃ samare jayakāṃkṣiṇaḥ | jayāśā pūritā stutyā bahumodakadānataḥ

Translation

അതിലൂടെ—ത്രിപുരയോടുള്ള സമരത്തിൽ വിജയം ആഗ്രഹിച്ച എനിക്കുപോലും—സ്തുതിയും അനേകം മോദകദാനവും മൂലം ജയാശ പൂർണ്ണമായി.

Word by Word

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक (also/even)

• येन: by which / by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• त्रिपुरम्: Tripura
• त्रिपुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जयकाङ्क्षिणः: desiring victory
• जयकाङ्क्षिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + काङ्क्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: जयम् काङ्क्षन्ति ये

• जयाशा: hope of victory
• जयाशा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + आशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: जयस्य आशा

• पूरिता: was fulfilled
• पूरिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर् (धातु) + इत (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; जयाशा इति सह

• स्तुत्या: by praise / by hymn
• स्तुत्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• बहुमोदकदानतः: because of the giving of many sweetmeats
• बहुमोदकदानतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + मोदक (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + तः (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘from/because of’; समासः: बहूनां मोदकानां दानम् → तस्मात्

Speaker

Skanda (continuing narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vaṭodbhava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A martial tableau: the looming three cities of Tripura, warriors and celestial hosts; Skanda recalls how victory-hope was fulfilled through stuti and abundant sweet offerings, with a liṅga or Śiva’s emblem as the devotional anchor.

Characters & Entities

• Tripura
• Stuti (praise)
• Modaka (offerings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise and sincere offerings are portrayed as spiritually potent, capable of removing obstacles and granting success.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the ongoing glorification of a particular Kāśī Liṅga/Tīrtha, though the name is not yet specified in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (hymnic praise) and dāna/naivedya in the form of modaka offerings are indicated.