Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

श्रीकंठांडज डिंभानाममीषां मधुरब्रुवाम् । मत्तपश्चिरसाक्षीणां मत्पुरः प्राप्तजन्मनाम्

Transliteration

śrīkaṃṭhāṃḍaja ḍiṃbhānāmamīṣāṃ madhurabruvām | mattapaścirasākṣīṇāṃ matpuraḥ prāptajanmanām

Translation

ശ്രീകണ്ഠന്റെ അണ്ഡത്തിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച ഈ കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങളുടെ—മധുരമായി സംസാരിക്കുന്നവരുടെ—എന്റെ തപസ്സിന് ദീർഘകാല സാക്ഷികളായി, എന്റെ നഗരത്തിൽ ജന്മം പ്രാപിച്ചവരുടെ—

Word by Word

• श्रीकण्ठ-अण्डज: of the egg-born (offspring) of Śrīkaṇṭha
• श्रीकण्ठ-अण्डज: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीकण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + अण्डज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (understood with following षष्ठी-बहुवचन series); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (श्रीकण्ठस्य अण्डजाः)

• डिम्भानाम्: of the young ones/children
• डिम्भानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: डिम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• अमीषाम्: of these
• अमीषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• मधुरब्रुवाम्: of those speaking sweetly
• मधुरब्रुवाम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्रुव (कृदन्त; √ब्रू धातु, शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (मधुरं ब्रुवन्ति) + शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present participle)

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचनस्य रूपम् (enclitic base 'मत्' used in compounds) = 'my'

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• चिर: long
• चिर: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (indeclinable-like adjectival stem) = 'long'

• साक्षीणाम्: of the witnesses
• साक्षीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• मत्पुरः: of my city
• मत्पुरः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम पुरम्)

• प्राप्तजन्मनाम्: of those who have obtained birth (there)
• प्राप्तजन्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप् धातु + प्र-उपसर्ग, क्त) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः: 'प्राप्तं जन्म येषाम्' (bahuvrīhi-like sense) but formally क्त + नामधातु-समास; used as genitive plural qualifier

Speaker

Dharmarāja (Yama)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī/Avimukta

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage-audience / pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of young, sweet-speaking parrots—mystically ‘born from Śrīkaṇṭha’s egg’—stand near the devotee, portrayed as long-time witnesses to his austerities within Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmarāja (Yama)
• Śiva (Śrīkaṇṭha)
• Kīras/Parrots (implied by continuation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision extends grace to all beings; even small creatures connected to dharma and tapas become recipients of divine concern.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues a Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative; the sacred city motif frames the petition, though the ‘my city’ reference is internal to the story.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it references tapas as the spiritual backdrop.