Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

द्रुतमेव समुत्तस्थौ प्रणनाम च शंकरम् । मौलावंजलिमाधाय देवी देवं व्यजिज्ञपत्

Transliteration

drutameva samuttasthau praṇanāma ca śaṃkaram | maulāvaṃjalimādhāya devī devaṃ vyajijñapat

Translation

ทันใดนั้นพระเทวีก็ลุกขึ้นโดยเร็วและนอบน้อมแด่พระศังกระ แล้วประนมมือไว้เหนือเศียรด้วยความเคารพ ก่อนทูลขอพรต่อพระผู้เป็นเจ้า

Word by Word

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; अवधारण)

• समुत्तस्थौ: (they) both rose up
• समुत्तस्थौ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + सम्+उत् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन (dual), परस्मैपद

• प्रणनाम: (she) bowed
• प्रणनाम: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

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

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• मौलौ: on the head
• मौलौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• अञ्जलिम्: folded hands, añjali
• अञ्जलिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• आधाय: having placed
• आधाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• देवम्: the god (Śiva)
• देवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• व्यजिज्ञपत्: (she) informed, addressed
• व्यजिज्ञपत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञप् (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī rises swiftly, bows to Śaṅkara, and with joined palms placed upon her crown addresses him with a respectful petition; Śiva seated in calm majesty within a Kāśī-like sanctified setting.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion expresses itself through humility—rising, bowing, and petitioning the Divine with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, celebrating Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the sacred setting of Śiva’s grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional gesture is implied: offering añjali (joined palms), especially placed on the head, as a sign of surrender.