Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ततो वै पार्वतीशस्य महिम्नः परिकीर्तनम् । गंगेशस्याथ महिमा नर्मदेशसमुद्भवः

Transliteration

tato vai pārvatīśasya mahimnaḥ parikīrtanam | gaṃgeśasyātha mahimā narmadeśasamudbhavaḥ

Translation

त्यानंतर खरोखर पार्वतीशाच्या महिम्याचे कीर्तन; मग गंगेशाचा महिमा आणि नर्मदादेशाशी संबंधित उद्भवाचे आख्यान।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तर (then)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/खलु (indeed/emphatic particle)

• पार्वतीशस्य: of Pārvatīśa
• पार्वतीशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: पार्वत्याः ईशः (Lord of Pārvatī)

• महिम्नः: of the glory
• महिम्नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• परिकीर्तनम्: recounting; narration
• परिकीर्तनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु) → परिकीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्रियानाम (act of recounting)

• गंगेशस्य: of Gaṅgeśa
• गंगेशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: गङ्गायाः ईशः (Lord of Gaṅgā)

• अथ: then; next
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तर (then/now)

• महिमा: glory
• महिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• नर्मदा: Narmadā
• नर्मदा: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; (in compound with देशसमुद्भवः)

• देश: region; country
• देश: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (in compound with समुद्भवः)

• समुद्भवः: arising; origin
• समुद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + उद् + भू (धातु) → उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: नर्मदादेशस्य समुद्भवः (arising from the Narmadā region)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pārvatīśa; Gaṅgeśa (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotional sequence: praise of Pārvatīśa (Śiva with Pārvatī), then Gaṅgeśa by the Gaṅgā, followed by a narrative vignette pointing toward Narmadā’s land—suggesting a map-like spiritual continuum of rivers and shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatīśa
• Gaṅgeśa
• Gaṅgā
• Narmadā-deśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī integrates multiple streams of sanctity—Śiva as Pārvatīśa, Śiva as Gaṅgeśa, and wider pan-Indian sacred geography—uniting devotion with pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pārvatīśa and Gaṅgeśa—Śaiva sites in Kāśī—along with a narrative linkage to Narmadā-deśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse introduces forthcoming praise and origin accounts connected to Gaṅgā and Narmadā traditions.