Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

न मे श्रमो वृथा जातो ब्रुवतस्ते पुरः कथाम् । इत्यगस्तिं समाभाष्य पुनः प्राह षडाननः

Transliteration

na me śramo vṛthā jāto bruvataste puraḥ kathām | ityagastiṃ samābhāṣya punaḥ prāha ṣaḍānanaḥ

Translation

“Meu esforço não foi em vão, pois narrei esta história na tua presença.” Assim falando a Agastya, Ṣaḍānana (Skanda) tornou a dizer.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• me: of me / my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic form ‘मे’

• śramaḥ: effort, exertion
• śramaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vṛthā: in vain
• vṛthā: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vṛthā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• jātaḥ: has become / occurred
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘जन्’ धातोः—‘become/occurred’ (predicative to śramaḥ)

• bruvataḥ: of (you) speaking
• bruvataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brū (धातु) + bruvat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘speaking’—qualifies ‘te’ (your speaking)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic ‘ते’

• puraḥ: in front
• puraḥ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puraḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• kathām: story, account
• kathām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• agastiṃ: Agastya
• agastiṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agasti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• samābhāṣya: having addressed
• samābhāṣya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ā-√bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having addressed/spoken to’

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ṣaḍānanaḥ: the six-faced one (Skanda)
• ṣaḍānanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘he whose faces are six’

Speaker

Skanda (Ṣaḍānana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda (Ṣaḍānana) addresses Ṛṣi Agastya in a calm teaching setting, signaling continuation of the Kāśī narrative.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred teaching becomes fruitful when transmitted in a worthy disciple’s presence; the Purāṇic dialogue itself is a vehicle of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), in the context of Satīśvara-liṅga’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it frames the continuation of the māhātmya narration.