Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

पुलोमजोवाच । यदि प्रसन्नो देवेश तदा यो मे मनोरथः । तं पूरय महादेव महादेवी महाप्रिय

Transliteration

pulomajovāca | yadi prasanno deveśa tadā yo me manorathaḥ | taṃ pūraya mahādeva mahādevī mahāpriya

Translation

ธิดาของปุโลมากล่าวว่า “หากพระองค์ทรงพอพระทัยแล้ว โอ พระเป็นเจ้าแห่งเหล่าเทวะ ขอจงโปรดให้ความปรารถนาที่ข้าพเจ้ามีสำเร็จเถิด โอ มหาเทวะ โอ ผู้เป็นที่รักยิ่งของมหาเทวี”

Word by Word

• पुलोमजः: Pulomā’s daughter
• पुलोमजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलोमा (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुलोमायाः जा)

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

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तवाचक (conditional particle)

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् ईशः)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदानींतन (then)

• यः: which, that (who/which)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूपम्

• मनोरथः: wish, desire
• मनोरथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पूरय: fulfil
• पूरय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

• महादेवि: O great Goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती देवी)

• महाप्रिय: O greatly beloved
• महाप्रिय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् प्रियः)

Speaker

Puloma-tanayā (Pulomā’s daughter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience/sages (implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, hands folded, speaks her heart’s desire to Śiva; Śiva stands calm, compassionate, with a gentle gaze; the liṅga remains as the axis of worship, lamps flicker, and the scene emphasizes intimate dialogue rather than spectacle.

Characters & Entities

• Pulomā
• Śiva
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A boon is sought not as entitlement but as a grace-response to devotion; desire is placed before the deity with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader praise of Śiva-worship in Kāśī, even when the specific spot is not named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the narrative upholds liṅga-pūjā and devotional praise as the devotional basis upon which boon-fulfillment is requested.