Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

इत्यूर्जस्वलमाकर्ण्य वचः सूनोर्गरुत्मतः । विनता प्राह तं पुत्रं मातृभक्तिसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

ityūrjasvalamākarṇya vacaḥ sūnorgarutmataḥ | vinatā prāha taṃ putraṃ mātṛbhaktisamanvitam

Translation

Услышав эти исполненные силы слова своего сына Гарутмана, Вината обратилась к тому сыну, преисполненному почитания и преданности матери.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—उक्त्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• ऊर्जस्वलम्: vigorous; powerful
• ऊर्जस्वलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्जस्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + कर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• वचः: speech; words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सूनोः: of (her) son
• सूनोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• गरुत्मतः: of Garuḍa (the winged one)
• गरुत्मतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुत्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• प्राह: said; spoke
• प्राह: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्/ब्रू (धातु; परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मातृ-भक्ति-समन्वितम्: endowed with filial devotion
• मातृ-भक्ति-समन्वितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival to पुत्रम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मातृ + भक्ति + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpurusha: ‘endowed with devotion to mother’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrative voice within Kāśī Khaṇḍa (deductively: Skanda in discourse to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-ṛṣis / internal audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Garuḍa’s vigorous words, Vinatā turns toward him, composed enough to speak; Garuḍa stands attentive, embodying mātṛ-bhakti.

Characters & Entities

• Vinatā
• Garutmān (Garuḍa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It praises mātṛ-bhakti (devotion to one’s mother) as a noble dharmic quality that moves the narrative toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the sacred Kāśī Khaṇḍa frame remains implicit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.