Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

अगस्तिरुवाच । शिवशर्मणि शर्मकारिणीं प थि दिव्ये श्रमहारिणीं गणौ । कथयंतौ तु कथामिमां शुभामुडुलोकं परिजग्मतुस्ततः

Transliteration

agastiruvāca | śivaśarmaṇi śarmakāriṇīṃ pa thi divye śramahāriṇīṃ gaṇau | kathayaṃtau tu kathāmimāṃ śubhāmuḍulokaṃ parijagmatustataḥ

Translation

అగస్త్యుడు పలికెను—దివ్యమార్గమున శ్రమను హరించి శివశర్మునకు ఆనందం కలిగించిన ఆ ఇద్దరు గణులు, ఈ శుభకథను చెప్పుచూ అక్కడి నుండి ఉడులోకము (నక్షత్రలోకము)కు వెళ్లిరి.

Word by Word

• agastiḥ: Agastya
• agastiḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agasti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śivaśarmaṇi: in/with Śivaśarman (context: regarding Śivaśarman)
• śivaśarmaṇi: Adhikarana (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śivaśarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; नाम

• śarmakāriṇīm: bringing comfort/joy
• śarmakāriṇīm: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śarma (प्रातिपदिक) + kāriṇī (कृ धातु, णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• pathi: on the path
• pathi: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pathin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (विशेष-रूप: ‘पथि’)

• divye: divine
• divye: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘पथि’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• śramahāriṇīm: removing fatigue
• śramahāriṇīm: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrama (प्रातिपदिक) + hāriṇī (हृ धातु, णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• gaṇau: the two attendants/gaṇas
• gaṇau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• kathayantau: while narrating
• kathayantau: Kriya (Concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathay (कथय् धातु, causative of कथ्)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त) ‘कथयन्त्’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (while narrating)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वय

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

• imām: this
• imām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘कथाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• śubhām: auspicious
• śubhām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘कथाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• uḍu-lokam: to the star-world
• uḍu-lokam: Gati/Karma (Destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uḍu (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• parijagmatūḥ: went forth/reached
• parijagmatūḥ: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रम (thereupon/from there)

Speaker

Agastya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Lopāmudrā (implied by surrounding frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two divine attendants escort Śivaśarman along a luminous celestial road; their presence removes fatigue; they continue narrating an auspicious story as they ascend toward the starry realm.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Śivaśarman
• Gaṇa (Śiva’s attendants)
• Uḍuloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narration sustains spiritual journeying; divine helpers guide devotees and the story culminates in a celestial transition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse closes an episode within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Candreśvara-related Māhātmya, rooted in Kāśī’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on kathā (sacred storytelling) and its auspicious continuity.