Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अन्यं च मे वरं देहि यदि तुष्टोसि शंकर । नामास्तु कृत्तिवासास्ते प्रारभ्याद्यतनं दिनम्

Transliteration

anyaṃ ca me varaṃ dehi yadi tuṣṭosi śaṃkara | nāmāstu kṛttivāsāste prārabhyādyatanaṃ dinam

Translation

Wahai Śaṅkara, jika Engkau berkenan, kurniakanlah satu lagi anugerah: mulai hari ini, biarlah nama-Mu menjadi ‘Kṛttivāsā’.

Word by Word

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (वरम् इति विशेष्य)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वरम्: boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-निपात (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘pleased’

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शंकर: O Śaṅkara
• शंकर: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• नाम: as a name/indeed
• नाम: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; ‘indeed/namely’

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृत्तिवासाः: (one) whose garment is a hide
• कृत्तिवासाः: Predicative (Name/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्ति + वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (सम्बोधनार्थे नामरूपेण); बहुव्रीहिः (कृत्तिः वासः यस्य)

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रारभ्य: starting from
• प्रारभ्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) अव्यय; ‘starting from’

• अद्यतनम्: today's
• अद्यतनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्यतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (दिनम् इति विशेष्य)

• दिनम्: day
• दिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Daitya (the devotee)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee petitions Śaṅkara for an additional boon: that Śiva be known as ‘Kṛttivāsā’ from that day; Śiva listens with compassionate steadiness, the hide/skin motif subtly present as the name’s anchor.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Kṛttivāsā (epithet of Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion seeks not only personal gain but also the glorification of the Lord through sacred names.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to Kāśī’s sacred geography, where Śiva’s names and liṅgas are celebrated as liberating.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, remembrance and proclamation of Śiva’s name (nāma) is valorized, though no formal rite is specified.