Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

मन्येमान्यो नाधमस्य तथान्यस्य यथा युवाम् । सुखाकारैर्विनीतस्य शिशोर्गृहपतेरहम्

Transliteration

manyemānyo nādhamasya tathānyasya yathā yuvām | sukhākārairvinītasya śiśorgṛhapateraham

Translation

మీ ఇద్దరిలా నేను మరెవ్వరినీ అంత గౌరవనీయులుగా భావించను, మరెవ్వరినీ అంత తక్కువగా కూడా కాదు; ఎందుకంటే మీరు ఈ శిశువు గృహపతిని సౌమ్యమైన, స్నేహపూర్వక మార్గాలతో వినయవంతునిగా తీర్చిదిద్దారు।

Word by Word

• मन्ये: I think
• मन्ये: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• मान्यः: honourable, worthy of respect
• मान्यः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक, √मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• अधमस्य: of the low/mean (person)
• अधमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अन्यस्य: of another
• अन्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative particle)

• युवाम्: you two
• युवाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), द्विवचन

• सुख-आकारैः: by (your) pleasant ways/gestures
• सुख-आकारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः): ‘सुखस्य आकाराः’ = ‘forms/ways of comfort’; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• विनीतस्य: of the well-trained/educated
• विनीतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनीत (कृदन्त, √नी with वि-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• शिशोः: of the child
• शिशोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• गृहपतेः: of the householder/master of the house
• गृहपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (ethical exempla within the kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respected elder/speaker addresses a couple, praising them; a well-mannered child ‘Gṛhapati’ stands with folded hands, indicating gentle training and humility; Kāśī’s sacred ambience frames the domestic scene.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vaiśvānara
• Gṛhapati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Virtuous upbringing through gentle discipline creates a dharmic child and reflects the parents’ excellence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the verse is a moral praise within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual; it commends sukhākāra-based vinaya (kindly training) as a dharmic practice.