Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तदावयोःस्तवादस्मान्निष्प्रपंचो जनो भवेत् । समृद्धिमाप्य महतीं पुत्रपौत्रवतीमिह

Transliteration

tadāvayoḥstavādasmānniṣprapaṃco jano bhavet | samṛddhimāpya mahatīṃ putrapautravatīmiha

Translation

ଏହି ଦୁଇଜଣଙ୍କ ସ୍ତବରୂପ ସ୍ତୋତ୍ରଦ୍ୱାରା ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ପ୍ରପଞ୍ଚ-ବନ୍ଧନରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୁଏ; ଏବଂ ଏଠାରେ ମହା ସମୃଦ୍ଧି ପାଇ ପୁତ୍ର-ପୌତ୍ରସମ୍ପନ୍ନ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• tad: that
• tad: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम used adjectivally

• āvayoḥ: of us two
• āvayoḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āvām (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), द्विवचन

• stavāt: from the hymn/praise
• stavāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादान (source)

• asmāt: from me
• asmāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन

• niṣprapañcaḥ: free from worldly expansion
• niṣprapañcaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nis- (उपसर्ग) + prapañca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; निः-उपसर्गयुक्त विशेषण

• janaḥ: a person
• janaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• samṛddhim: prosperity
• samṛddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• āpya: having attained
• āpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā- (उपसर्ग) + √āp (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/य-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालनिर्देशक (having attained)

• mahatīm: great
• mahatīm: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (samṛddhim qualifies)

• putra-pautra-vatīm: endowed with sons and grandsons
• putra-pautra-vatīm: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + pautra (प्रातिपदिक) + vatī (प्रातिपदिक/प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (putra-pautrāṇāṃ vatī = having sons and grandsons)

• iha: here (in this world)
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Skanda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder devotee chants the hymn; around him appear symbols of prosperity (full granary, thriving family) while a luminous aura indicates inner detachment from worldly proliferation.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion can grant worldly well-being while simultaneously loosening attachment and leading toward transcendence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Kāśī Khaṇḍa, though this verse itself is not site-specific.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of the hymn praising the ‘Two’ (āvayoḥ stava) for both worldly and spiritual fruit.