Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

इति मंत्रं समुच्चार्य प्रातः कृत्वाथ पारणम् । न दुर्भगत्वमाप्नोति न दारिद्र्यं कदाचन

Transliteration

iti maṃtraṃ samuccārya prātaḥ kṛtvātha pāraṇam | na durbhagatvamāpnoti na dāridryaṃ kadācana

Translation

ครั้นสวดมนต์ดังนี้แล้ว ครั้นรุ่งเช้าจึงทำปารณะ (ฉันปิดว्रต) ผู้ปฏิบัติย่อมไม่ประสบเคราะห์ร้าย และความยากจนย่อมไม่บังเกิดเลย

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• maṃtram: the mantra
• maṃtram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; Object of samuccārya

• samuccārya: having recited
• samuccārya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ud-√car (सम् + उद् + चर् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having recited/uttered aloud’

• prātaḥ: in the morning
• prātaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having done/performed’

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• pāraṇam: the breaking of the fast (pāraṇa)
• pāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘fast-breaking/ending observance’ as object of kṛtvā

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• durbhagatvam: misfortune
• durbhagatvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durbhagatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; object of āpnoti

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘attains’

• na: nor/not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• dāridryam: poverty
• dāridryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; object of (understood) āpnoti

• kadācana: ever
• kadācana: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb) = ‘ever/at any time’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśīkṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Morning after observance: the votary recites the concluding mantra, then takes the pāraṇa meal with restraint; the atmosphere conveys relief and auspicious assurance, with Kāśī’s riverfront and shrine lamps nearby.

Characters & Entities

• mantra
• pāraṇa (breaking the fast)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vrata bears fruit when completed properly—mantra, discipline, and correct pāraṇa together generate auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is framed within Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred observance tradition, where vows are said to yield swift maṅgala (auspicious) results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recite the prescribed mantra and perform the morning pāraṇa to conclude the fast.