Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

मांटे तव सुतो धीमान्मत्प्रभावपराक्रमः । वंशस्य तव सर्वस्य समुद्धर्ता भविष्यति

Transliteration

māṃṭe tava suto dhīmānmatprabhāvaparākramaḥ | vaṃśasya tava sarvasya samuddhartā bhaviṣyati

Translation

ஓ மாண்டி, உனக்கு ஒரு ஞானமிக்க மகன் பிறப்பான்; என் அருள்பலத்தால் அவன் வீரமிக்கவனாவான்; உன் முழு வம்சத்தையும் அவன் உயர்த்தி காப்பான்।

Word by Word

• मांटे: O Māṃṭi
• मांटे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• धीमान्: intelligent, wise
• धीमान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• मत्प्रभावपराक्रमः: having power and valor due to me / by my influence
• मत्प्रभावपराक्रमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् + प्रभाव + पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक; components: मत्(अस्मद्-षष्ठी) + प्रभाव + पराक्रम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (सुतस्य)

• वंशस्य: of the lineage
• वंशस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• तव: of yours
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वस्य: of the whole
• सर्वस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वंशस्य)

• समुद्धर्ता: rescuer, uplifter
• समुद्धर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-उद्-√हृ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; तृ-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva) (quoted within Nārada’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A Pāṇḍava-line prince (pāṇḍukula-udvaha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara speaks a boon to Māṃṭi: a radiant vision of a future son appears—youthful, wise, and heroic—standing behind the devotee as a symbolic promise of lineage deliverance.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Māṃṭi
• future son (unnamed here)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (anugraha) can transform personal longing into dharmic continuity, strengthening and uplifting a family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Kāśī/Vārāṇasī as the spiritual arena where intense Rudra-japa bears fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it records the phala (fruit) granted by Śiva for Rudra-japa.