Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

इति श्रुत्वा परिष्टुत्य दुर्वासाः कृत्तिवाससम् । वरं च प्रार्थयामास परिहृष्ट तनूरुहः

Transliteration

iti śrutvā pariṣṭutya durvāsāḥ kṛttivāsasam | varaṃ ca prārthayāmāsa parihṛṣṭa tanūruhaḥ

Translation

ਇਹ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਦੁਰਵਾਸਾ ਨੇ ਕ੍ਰਿੱਤਿਵਾਸ (ਸ਼ਿਵ) ਦੀ ਚਾਰੋਂ ਪਾਸੇ ਸਤੁਤੀ ਕੀਤੀ; ਅਤੇ ਆਨੰਦ ਨਾਲ ਰੋਮਾਂਚਿਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਇੱਕ ਵਰ ਦੀ ਯਾਚਨਾ ਕੀਤੀ।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इत्यादि-निपात (quotative particle)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• pariṣṭutya: having praised
• pariṣṭutya: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: stu (धातु) + pari (उपसर्ग) + tya (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive), ‘परि’ उपसर्गयुक्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having praised)

• durvāsāḥ: Durvāsā
• durvāsāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durvāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ऋषिनाम

• kṛttivāsasam: the wearer of a skin (Śiva)
• kṛttivāsasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtti-vāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘कृत्तिः वासः यस्य’ इति (epithet of Śiva)

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• prārthayāmāsa: requested
• prārthayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-arth (धातु) + āsa (परस्मैपद-परिप्रयोग)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘प्रार्थयामास’ = ‘प्रार्थयति स्म’ (periphrastic perfect sense)

• parihṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• parihṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √hṛṣ + pari)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tanūruhaḥ: one whose body-hairs stood on end (thrilled)
• tanūruhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanū-ruha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘तन्वाः रुहः’ = रोमाञ्च (hair standing on body)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda to Agastya, deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Śiva (Kṛttivāsa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere praise (stuti) and devotion prepare the devotee to receive divine grace in the form of a boon.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is moving toward the consecration of a liṅga and a pond in Kāśī—later named Kāmeśvara and Kāmakūṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stuti (hymnic praise) as a devotional act; no explicit vrata or dāna is stated here.