Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95
Devanagari script
सप्तद्वीपपतेराज्ञः कुमारस्त्वं तथा कथम् । स्वभावभिन्नप्रकृतौ लोकेस्मिन्न मनोगतम्
Transliteration
saptadvīpapaterājñaḥ kumārastvaṃ tathā katham | svabhāvabhinnaprakṛtau lokesminna manogatam
Translation
ஏழு தீவுகளையும் ஆளும் அரசனின் இளவரசன் நீ—அப்படியிருக்க, துறவிற்கு மாறான இயல்புடைய இந்த உலகில் உன் மனத்தில் இப்படிப் பட்ட எண்ணம் எவ்வாறு எழுந்தது?
Word by Word
sapta-dvīpa-pateḥof the lord of the seven continents
sapta-dvīpa-pateḥ:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsapta (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘saptānāṃ dvīpānāṃ patiḥ’
rājñaḥof the king
rājñaḥ:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)
kumāraḥa prince/son
kumāraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)
tathāthus/so
tathā:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
kathamhow
katham:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (interrogative adverb)
svabhāva-bhinna-prakṛtauin a nature different in disposition
svabhāva-bhinna-prakṛtau:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsvabhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhinna (कृदन्त; √bhid ‘to split’ past participle) + prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः—‘svabhāvena bhinnā prakṛtiḥ’ (nature different by disposition)
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular)
asminin this
asmin:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (negation particle)
manogatamacceptable/agreeable (lit. gone to the mind)
manogatam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootmanogata (प्रातिपदिक; manas + gata)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः—‘manasi gatam’ (gone into the mind)
Speaker
Sages
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: (contextual interlocutors)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Sages marvel that a prince of a universal monarch could entertain renunciatory thoughts in a world inclined toward pleasure and ambition.
Characters & Entities
S
sagesD
DhruvaU
Uttānapāda (implied)FAQs
Renunciation arising in the midst of power and privilege is rare and therefore spiritually significant.
Not specified; the verse is character-focused within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.
None.