Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

आचार्याय व्रती दद्याद् व्रतांते प्रतिमा द्वयम् । सकृत्कृते व्रती चास्मिन्कृतकृत्यो व्रती भवेत्

Transliteration

ācāryāya vratī dadyād vratāṃte pratimā dvayam | sakṛtkṛte vratī cāsminkṛtakṛtyo vratī bhavet

Translation

เมื่อสิ้นสุดพรต ผู้ถือพรตพึงถวายพระอาจารย์ปฏิมาสององค์ ครั้นได้กระทำเพียงครั้งเดียวตามพิธีนี้ ผู้ถือพรตย่อมเป็นผู้กฤตกฤตยะ คือทำหน้าที่สำเร็จสมบูรณ์ในพรตแล้ว

Word by Word

• आचार्याय: to the teacher
• आचार्याय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; ‘to the teacher’

• व्रती: the vow-observer
• व्रती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘the vow-observer’

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष? (actually 3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘should give’

• व्रत-अन्ते: at the end of the vow
• व्रत-अन्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘at the end of the vow’

• प्रतिमा: image
• प्रतिमा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (collective sense with dvayam); ‘image’

• द्वयम्: a pair (two)
• द्वयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘a pair/two’ (quantifier of प्रतिमा)

• सकृत्: once
• सकृत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण): ‘once’

• कृते: when (it is) done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/सप्तमी?; here locative singular neuter ‘when done’ (सप्तमी एकवचन)

• व्रती: the vow-observer
• व्रती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in this’

• कृत-कृत्यः: having accomplished his duty
• कृत-कृत्यः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘one whose duty is accomplished’

• व्रती: the vow-observer
• व्रती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवेत्: should become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘would/should become’

Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Viśveśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis in Naimiṣāraṇya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the vow’s conclusion in Kāśī, the vrati offers two consecrated icons to the ācārya, who blesses the devotee, signifying completion and spiritual accomplishment.

Characters & Entities

• Ācārya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respect for the ācārya and completion of vows through prescribed charity is integral to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu, but the verse itself is a general vrata-vidhi teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

At vrata completion, give two pratimās to the ācārya as a concluding offering.