Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मूलर्क्षप्रथमेपादे तथा केंद्रे बृहस्पतौ । ववृधे सा गृहे पित्रोः शुक्ले पक्षे यथा शशी

Transliteration

mūlarkṣaprathamepāde tathā keṃdre bṛhaspatau | vavṛdhe sā gṛhe pitroḥ śukle pakṣe yathā śaśī

Translation

मूळ नक्षत्राच्या पहिल्या पादात जन्मून आणि बृहस्पती शुभ केंद्रस्थानी असता, ती पितृगृही शुक्लपक्षातील चंद्राप्रमाणे वाढत गेली।

Word by Word

• मूल-ऋक्ष-प्रथमे-पादे: in the first quarter of the Mūla nakṣatra
• मूल-ऋक्ष-प्रथमे-पादे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक) + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (मूलऋक्षस्य प्रथमे पादे)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: ‘also/and likewise’)

• केन्द्रे: in the kendra (angular house)
• केन्द्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बृहस्पतौ: when Jupiter (Bṛhaspati) was (placed)
• बृहस्पतौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ववृधे: grew, prospered
• ववृधे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पित्रोः: of (her) parents
• पित्रोः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन

• शुक्ले: bright (waxing)
• शुक्ले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पक्षे)

• पक्षे: in the fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानार्थक (comparative/correlative: ‘as’)

• शशी: the moon
• शशी: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिन्/शशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic scene: the maiden’s childhood growth shown under a bright waxing moon; a subtle zodiacal band with Mūla nakṣatra and benevolent Jupiter placed centrally, suggesting auspicious fate.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• Mūla (Nakṣatra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity is portrayed as both providential (cosmic order) and nurtured through a stable, dharmic household.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader sacred narrative context of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse uses astrological and poetic imagery rather than prescribing a ritual.