Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

ब्रूहि मातर्झटित्यद्य कुतो दूनासि पत्त्रिणि । मयि जीवति ते बाले कालेपि कृतसाध्वसे

Transliteration

brūhi mātarjhaṭityadya kuto dūnāsi pattriṇi | mayi jīvati te bāle kālepi kṛtasādhvase

Translation

అమ్మా, ఈ రోజే వెంటనే చెప్పు—ఓ పక్షిణీ—నీవెందుకు ఇంతగా బాధపడుతున్నావు? నేను జీవించి ఉన్నంతవరకు, ఓ సౌమ్య బాలికా, మృత్యువుకూడా నీకు భయకారణం కాకూడదు.

Word by Word

• ब्रूहि: tell; speak
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• मातर्: O mother
• मातर्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• झटिति: quickly; at once
• झटिति: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: झटिति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb)

• अद्य: today; now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—कालवाचक (indeclinable temporal adverb)

• कुतः: from where; why
• कुतः: Hetu-prashna (Cause-question)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय/प्रश्न)
• Form: अव्यय—प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative indeclinable)

• दूना: afflicted; distressed
• दूना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दून (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दू/दु ‘to afflict’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त/विशेषण (past-participial adjective)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• पत्त्रिणि: O winged one (bird)
• पत्त्रिणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मयि: in me; while I (am present)
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जीवति: (he) lives; is alive
• जीवति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• बाले: O girl; O child
• बाले: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• काले: in time; at the time
• काले: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• कृतसाध्वसे: O one who has become fearful
• कृतसाध्वसे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-साध्वस (प्रातिपदिक; कृत (कृदन्त) + साध्वस (प्रातिपदिक))
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpurusha: ‘made fear’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Suparṇa (Garuḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame) / internal interlocutors vary in Kāśīkhaṇḍa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa, radiant and powerful, addresses his mother with urgent tenderness, promising protection even against Death; Vinatā appears distressed, eyes wet, posture bowed.

Characters & Entities

• Suparṇa (Garuḍa)
• Vinatā
• Kāla (Death/Time)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches protective filial dharma—strength and responsibility used to remove a parent’s fear and suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse functions within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.