Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ईदृशस्ते सुतो भूयादिंद्रतुल्यपराक्रमः । इत्युक्त्वा स मुनिर्नारीं काशीं शिवपुरीं ययौ

Transliteration

īdṛśaste suto bhūyādiṃdratulyaparākramaḥ | ityuktvā sa munirnārīṃ kāśīṃ śivapurīṃ yayau

Translation

“ขอให้เจ้ามีบุตรเช่นนี้—กล้าหาญทรงเดชดุจอินทรา” ครั้นกล่าวแก่สตรีนั้นแล้ว ฤๅษีก็ไปยังพาราณสี (กาศี) นครแห่งพระศิวะ

Word by Word

• ईदृशः: such
• ईदृशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

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

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

• भूयात्: may he be
• भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु; भवति—सत्तायाम्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इन्द्रतुल्यपराक्रमः: having valor equal to Indra
• इन्द्रतुल्यपराक्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (इन्द्रस्य तुल्यः पराक्रमः यस्य) विशेषण

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उक्त्वा (कृदन्त; √वच्—वदने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• नारीम्: the woman
• नारीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• काशीम्: Kāśī
• काशीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; नगरनाम (place name)

• शिवपुरीम्: Śiva’s city
• शिवपुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य पुरी)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु; गत्यर्थे)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta/Śivapurī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage blessing a woman with the promise of an Indra-like son, then departing toward Kāśī—depicted with ghats, the Gaṅgā, and Śiva’s presence over the city.

Characters & Entities

• Śuci (mūni)
• Indra
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boons are framed within sacred geography: sages move toward tīrthas like Kāśī, reinforcing the sanctity of Śiva’s city.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), explicitly praised as Śivapurī—Śiva’s own city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse highlights the sage’s pilgrimage-like departure to Kāśī.