Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

स्कंद उव ।च । द्रौपदादित्यमाहात्म्यं संक्षेपात्कथितं मया । मयूखादित्यमाहात्म्यं शृण्विदानीं घटोद्भव

Transliteration

skaṃda uva |ca | draupadādityamāhātmyaṃ saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ mayā | mayūkhādityamāhātmyaṃ śṛṇvidānīṃ ghaṭodbhava

Translation

స్కందుడు పలికెను—ద్రౌపద-ఆదిత్య మహాత్మ్యాన్ని నేను సంక్షేపంగా చెప్పాను. ఇప్పుడు, ఓ ఘటోద్భవ అగస్త్యా, మయూఖ-ఆదిత్య మహాత్మ్యాన్ని వినుము।

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• द्रौपद-आदित्य-माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (account) of Āditya connected with Draupada
• द्रौपद-आदित्य-माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपद (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of Draupada/related to Draupada' + 'of Āditya')

• संक्षेपात्: briefly, in summary
• संक्षेपात्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (in the sense 'briefly')

• कथितम्: told, narrated
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → कथित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent expressed instrumentally/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• मयूख-आदित्य-माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (account) of Āditya (Sun) in the Mayūkha (episode)
• मयूख-आदित्य-माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयूख (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative)

• शृणु: hear, listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• घट-उद्भव: O pot-born one (Agastya)
• घट-उद्भव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घट (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुषार्थे बहुप्रचलित उपाधि (epithet: 'born from a pot')

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mayūkha-Āditya (to be described)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (ghaṭodbhava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda as divine narrator addresses sage Agastya, announcing the completion of one māhātmya and inviting attention to the next—Mayūkha-Āditya—like a guide leading pilgrims from shrine to shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)
• Draupadā-Āditya
• Mayūkha-Āditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is taught through successive māhātmyas; learning and transmitting tīrtha-glories is itself a dharmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader landscape is the setting; the verse introduces the Mayūkha-Āditya focus within that sacred map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) is directly enjoined—“hear now” the next māhātmya.