Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यथा खखोल्क इत्याख्या तस्यादित्यस्य तच्छृणु । पुरा कद्रूश्च विनता दक्षस्य तनये शुभे

Transliteration

yathā khakholka ityākhyā tasyādityasya tacchṛṇu | purā kadrūśca vinatā dakṣasya tanaye śubhe

Translation

ଶୁଣ, ସେ ଆଦିତ୍ୟ ‘ଖଖୋଲ୍କ’ ନାମରେ କିପରି ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ ହେଲେ। ପୁରାତନ କାଳରେ ଦକ୍ଷଙ୍କ ଶୁଭ କନ୍ୟା କଦ୍ରୂ ଓ ବିନତା ଏହି ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗରେ ପ୍ରକଟ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (indeclinable; comparative/manner)

• खखोल्कः: (one) named Khakholka
• खखोल्कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khakholka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• आख्या: the name/appellation
• आख्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ā-khyā (धातु √ख्यै/ख्या + क्तिन्; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; क्तिन्-प्रत्ययान्त (name/denomination)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• आदित्यस्य: of the Sun (Āditya)
• आदित्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• शृणु: hear, listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु, धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुरा: formerly, once
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• कद्रूः: Kadrū
• कद्रूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kadrū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विनता: Vinatā
• विनता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vinatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• दक्षस्य: of Dakṣa
• दक्षस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• तनये: O daughters
• तनये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-द्विवचन-रूपेण/सम्बोधन-एकवचन-रूपेण सम्भवम्; पाठे 'शुभे' इति सम्बोधनद्वयात्—सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative); द्विवचन (dual)

• शुभे: O auspicious (ones)
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative); द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'तनये')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative mode)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purāṇic narrator in Kāśī begins an origin-story: the radiant Āditya ‘Khakholka’ is invoked; in the background appear Dakṣa’s daughters Kadrū and Vinatā as auspicious figures, foreshadowing their rivalry.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sun)
• Khakholka
• Kadrū
• Vinatā
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred teaching is often introduced through ancient exemplars; listening (śravaṇa) to Purāṇic accounts is itself a dharmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework (Kāśī/Varanasi), though this line itself begins a genealogical narrative rather than naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.