Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

आज्ञातं गुरुभक्तिर्मे हेतुः शंभुप्रसादने । ययेहानुगृहीतोस्मि विश्वेशेन कृपालुना

Transliteration

ājñātaṃ gurubhaktirme hetuḥ śaṃbhuprasādane | yayehānugṛhītosmi viśveśena kṛpālunā

Translation

ഇപ്പോൾ എനിക്ക് ബോധ്യമായി—ഗുരുഭക്തിയാണു ശംഭുവിന്റെ പ്രസാദത്തിന് കാരണം; അതിനാലാണ് കരുണാമയനായ വിശ്വേശ്വരൻ ഇവിടെ എന്നെ അനുഗ്രഹിച്ചത്.

Word by Word

• आज्ञातम्: is known/understood
• आज्ञातम्: कर्म/भाव (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√jñā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र भावे ‘ज्ञातम्’ = ‘it is known/understood’

• गुरुभक्तिः: devotion to the guru
• गुरुभक्तिः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru-bhakti (प्रातिपदिक; गुरु + भक्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गुरोः भक्तिः)

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• हेतुः: cause
• हेतुः: कर्ता/प्रधाना (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• शंभु-प्रसादने: in pleasing Śambhu
• शंभु-प्रसादने: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃbhu-prasādana (प्रातिपदिक; शंभु + प्रसादन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शंभोः प्रसादनम्)

• यया: by which
• यया: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणत्वे (instrumental)

• इह: here
• इह: सम्बन्ध (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• अनुगृहीतः: favored/graced
• अनुगृहीतः: कर्म (PPP; patient)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√grah (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘I have been favored’

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: कर्ता (Speaker)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• विश्वेशेन: by Viśveśa (Lord of the universe)
• विश्वेशेन: करण/कर्ता (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• कृपालुना: compassionate
• कृपालुना: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛpālu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘विश्वेशेन’

Speaker

Tvaṣṭṛ’s son (tvāṣṭraḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, now illumined with understanding, bows to a seated ascetic-guru; behind them, the Viśveśvara shrine glows, suggesting Śiva’s grace flowing through the guru.

Characters & Entities

• Guru (teacher)
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Viśveśvara (Śiva of Kāśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to the guru is presented as a powerful doorway to Śiva’s grace, especially Viśveśvara’s compassion in Kāśī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī through Viśveśvara (Viśvanātha), the compassionate Lord who bestows anugraha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Guru-bhakti (reverent service and devotion to one’s teacher) is highlighted as a spiritual discipline leading to Śiva’s prasāda.