Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वैत्यगस्तिः स्कंदस्य भाषितं पर्यमूमुदत् । ननाम चांघ्री प्रोवाच जयसर्वज्ञनंदन

Transliteration

śrutvaityagastiḥ skaṃdasya bhāṣitaṃ paryamūmudat | nanāma cāṃghrī provāca jayasarvajñanaṃdana

Translation

സ്കന്ദന്റെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് അഗസ്ത്യൻ അത്യന്തം ആനന്ദിച്ചു. പാദങ്ങളിൽ നമസ്കരിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞു— “ജയം, ഹേ സർവ്വജ്ഞനന്ദന!”

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• अगस्तिः: Agastya
• अगस्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• स्कन्दस्य: of Skanda
• स्कन्दस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• भाषितम्: the speech / what was spoken
• भाषितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाष् (धातु) → भाषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• परि: fully / around (as preverb)
• परि: Sambandha (Preverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग (preverb) क्रियायोगे

• अमूमुदत्: rejoiced greatly
• अमूमुदत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग-युक्तः (परि + अमूमुदत्)

• ननाम: bowed
• ननाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अङ्घ्री: (his) two feet
• अङ्घ्री: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्घ्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), द्विवचन; (अङ्घ्री = अङ्घ्री/अङ्घ्रीन् रूपभेदः)

• प्रोवाच: said / spoke forth
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; प्र-उपसर्गः

• जय: victory! hail!
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधनार्थक-उद्गार (exclamation of victory)

• सर्वज्ञनन्दन: O son of the all-knower
• सर्वज्ञनन्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वज्ञस्य नन्दनः)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda Purana narrative voice, within Skanda–Agastya dialogue)

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It models humility and receptivity: true learning culminates in reverence, gratitude, and praise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse belongs to the Kāśī Māhātmya framework; this verse is a dialogue moment rather than a site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional act is implied: bowing at the feet (praṇāma) and uttering a victory salutation.