Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 210

Devanagari script

विनिवेदितवृत्तांतो रत्नेशानुग्रहस्य च । उवास ताभिः ससुखं पितृभ्यामभिनंदितः

Transliteration

viniveditavṛttāṃto ratneśānugrahasya ca | uvāsa tābhiḥ sasukhaṃ pitṛbhyāmabhinaṃditaḥ

Translation

रत्नेशाच्या अनुग्रहाचा सर्व वृत्तान्त निवेदिल्यावर तो आई-वडिलांच्या अभिनंदनाने त्यांच्यासह सुखाने राहू लागला।

Word by Word

• विनिवेदित: having reported/informed
• विनिवेदित: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-नि-विद् (धातु) → विनिवेदित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/कर्मणि क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वृत्तान्तः: account; narrative
• वृत्तान्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वृत्त + अन्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• रत्नेश: of Ratneśa
• रत्नेश: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास, पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (समस्तपदस्य पूर्वाङ्ग)

• अनुग्रहस्य: of the favor/grace
• अनुग्रहस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• उवास: dwelt; stayed
• उवास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ताभिः: with them (those women)
• ताभिः: Sahakari (Instrument/सहकारि-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• ससुखम्: happily; with ease
• ससुखम्: Visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पितृभ्याम्: by (his) two parents
• पितृभ्याम्: Agent (Instrumental agent/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन

• अभिनन्दितः: praised; congratulated
• अभिनन्दितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-नन्द् (धातु) → अभिनन्दित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/कर्मणि क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśvara (Ratneśa) in Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A Brahmin interlocutor (viprendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, having narrated Ratneśa’s grace, returns home; parents embrace and bless him; a subtle Śiva-liṅga presence or temple silhouette in the background indicates Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Ratneśa (Ratneśvara)
• Parents (pitṛ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (anugraha) culminates in restored order—peace, happiness, and familial harmony grounded in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratneśa/Ratneśvara and his grace within the Kāśī sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on the fruit of divine favor and the sharing of sacred testimony.