Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

इतोष्टमे च दिवसे त्वज्जनेता प्रजापतिः । मह्यं दास्यति कन्यां त्वां सफलस्ते मनोरथः । इत्युक्त्वा देवदेवेशस्तत्रैवांतर्हितोभवत्

Transliteration

itoṣṭame ca divase tvajjanetā prajāpatiḥ | mahyaṃ dāsyati kanyāṃ tvāṃ saphalaste manorathaḥ | ityuktvā devadeveśastatraivāṃtarhitobhavat

Translation

“นับแต่วันนี้ไป ในวันที่แปด บิดาของเจ้า—ผู้เป็นปรชาปติ—จักมอบเจ้าให้เราเป็นธิดาเพื่อการอภิเษก; ความปรารถนาของเจ้าจักสำเร็จผล” ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระผู้เป็นเจ้าเหนือเทพทั้งปวงก็อันตรธาน ณ ที่นั้นเอง

Word by Word

• इतः: from now / hence
• इतः: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (from here/there; hence)

• अष्टमे: on the eighth
• अष्टमे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे (agreeing with दिवसे), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (locative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (locative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• त्वत्-जनिता: your father (begetter)
• त्वत्-जनिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + जनितृ/जनिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (your begetter)

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• मह्यम्: to me
• मह्यम्: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (dative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• दास्यति: will give
• दास्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (simple future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• कन्याम्: a maiden/daughter
• कन्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative), एकवचनम् (singular)

• सफलः: fulfilled / successful
• सफलः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying मनोरथः)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (genitive), एकवचनम् (singular)

• मनोरथः: wish
• मनोरथः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (gerund), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having said)

• देवदेवेशः: Lord of the gods
• देवदेवेशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां देवः; तस्य ईशः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed / right there
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• अन्तर्हितः: vanished / concealed
• अन्तर्हितः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्हित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर्+धा/हिधातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past participle), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्तृसमनाधिकरण-विशेषणम् (qualifying subject)

• अभवत्: became / was
• अभवत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (imperfect/past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeveśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satīśvara (narrative setting)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, ‘Devadeveśa’, speaks to Satī, promising marriage on the eighth day; immediately after, he disappears in a flash of light, leaving Satī in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Satī
• Dakṣa (Prajāpati)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine assurance (satya-vākya) is central: when grace is granted, dhārmic outcomes manifest in their proper time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative supports the Satīśvara-liṅga māhātmya of Kāśī, though the verse itself describes the boon and Śiva’s disappearance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it specifies a time-bound divine promise (the eighth day) rather than a rite.