Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

जातमात्रो व्रजेत्स्वर्गं पुनगयाति चात्र वै । भक्तः सदाशिवेऽत्यर्थं प्रसिद्धः सर्वभूतले

Transliteration

jātamātro vrajetsvargaṃ punagayāti cātra vai | bhaktaḥ sadāśive'tyarthaṃ prasiddhaḥ sarvabhūtale

Translation

ตั้งแต่ชั่วขณะเกิด เขาจะไปสวรรค์ แล้วกลับมายังโลกนี้อีก เขาจะเป็นผู้ภักดีต่อพระสทาศิวะอย่างยิ่ง และมีชื่อเสียงไปทั่วพื้นพิภพ

Word by Word

• जातमात्रः: just born
• जातमात्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन्, क्त) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘जात एव’ (just born)

• व्रजेत्: would go; should go
• व्रजेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु; √व्रज्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Gati-karma (Destination/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक (again)

• गयाति: goes
• गयाति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु; √गम्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; पाठभेद/सन्ध्यन्तर: ‘गयाति’ = ‘गच्छति/याति’ (goes)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (and)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here/in this world)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeed)

• भक्तः: a devotee
• भक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; √भज्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• सदाशिवे: in/with respect to Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदाशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• अत्यर्थम्: exceedingly
• अत्यर्थम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यर्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अतिशयार्थक (exceedingly)

• प्रसिद्धः: well-known
• प्रसिद्धः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + सिद्ध (कृदन्त; √सिध्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• सर्वभूतले: on the entire earth
• सर्वभूतले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; ‘सर्वस्मिन् भूतले’ (on the whole earth)

Speaker

Skanda (narrative voice; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic narration: a radiant child’s destiny is described—ascending to svarga at birth, returning again—while shown as a future great devotee of Sadāśiva, with Śiva’s cosmic form hinted above Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• svarga (heaven)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine boons are not merely worldly; they shape a soul’s destiny toward devotion to Sadāśiva and enduring renown through dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is framed within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting, where Kāśī is implied as the sacred theater of such extraordinary spiritual outcomes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed here; it states the spiritual and worldly outcomes (phala) resulting from the vow and the Goddess’s boon.