Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

इति लब्ध्वा वरं सोथ महालक्ष्मीं प्रणम्य च । ययावगस्तिर्यत्रास्ति कुमारशिखिवाहनः

Transliteration

iti labdhvā varaṃ sotha mahālakṣmīṃ praṇamya ca | yayāvagastiryatrāsti kumāraśikhivāhanaḥ

Translation

ครั้นได้พรดังนั้นแล้ว เขากราบนอบน้อมแด่พระมหาลักษมี และออกเดินทางไปยังสถานที่ที่ฤๅษีอคัสตยะพำนัก—ที่ซึ่งพระกุมารสกันทะ ผู้ทรงพาหนะเป็นนกยูง ประทับอยู่

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/‘thus’)

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Kriya (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); लभ्-धातोः; ‘having obtained’

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन

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

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/transition particle (‘then/now’)

• महालक्ष्मीम्: Mahālakṣmī
• महालक्ष्मीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘महती लक्ष्मीः’)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed (to)
• प्रणम्य: Kriya (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); प्र-उपसर्गपूर्वक नम्-धातोः; ‘having bowed’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction ‘and’)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘went’

• अगस्तिः: Agastya
• अगस्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location marker/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb ‘where’)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Existence/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कुमारशिखिवाहनः: (Skanda) whose mount is the peacock
• कुमारशिखिवाहनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक) + शिखि (प्रातिपदिक) + वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कुमारस्य शिखिः; तस्य वाहनः) / समासार्थः: ‘whose vehicle is the peacock (of Kumāra)’

Speaker

Skanda (contextual, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastya-sthāna (Agastya’s abode) with Skanda-sannidhi

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boon-receiver bows to Mahālakṣmī, then departs on a forest-path pilgrimage toward Agastya’s hermitage; in the distance, Skanda with peacock mount is sensed/present as a protective divine sign.

Characters & Entities

• Mahālakṣmī
• Agastya
• Kumāra (Skanda)
• Śikhivāhana (Peacock-mounted)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After receiving divine grace, one should respond with reverence (praṇāma) and proceed toward the company of sages and the presence of the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse gestures toward the sacred locale associated with Agastya within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative flow, linking Kāśī-māhātmya to the wider sacred geography of sages’ abodes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the act highlighted is praṇāma (bowing in reverence) after receiving a boon.