Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

एवमाद्या गुणा यस्य वरस्य वरचेष्टितम् । तस्मै प्रयच्छ मां तात मम तेपीहशर्मणे

Transliteration

evamādyā guṇā yasya varasya varaceṣṭitam | tasmai prayaccha māṃ tāta mama tepīhaśarmaṇe

Translation

คุณความดีทั้งหลายเช่นนี้เป็นของท่านผู้ประเสริฐ ผู้มีจริยาวัตรเป็นแบบอย่างอันเลิศ บิดาเอ๋ย โปรดมอบข้าพเจ้าแก่ท่านนั้น เพื่อความผาสุกของข้าพเจ้าในชาตินี้

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb: thus)

• आद्याः: and other/primary
• आद्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम्

• गुणाः: qualities
• गुणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यस्य: of whom
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वरस्य: of the excellent one / of the boon-giver
• वरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वरचेष्टितम्: excellent conduct/deed
• वरचेष्टितम्: Karta/Predicate (contextual)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + चेष्टित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समासः ('excellent deed/act')

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रयच्छ: give, bestow
• प्रयच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√यम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तात: dear father / dear one
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Gen./Dat.), एकवचन (Singular); अत्र षष्ठी (your) इति ग्रहणम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• शर्मणे: for happiness/comfort
• शर्मणे: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Dhūtapāpā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual backdrop)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful domestic-court scene: a daughter addresses her father after hearing praise of an exemplary man; in the background, a Kāśī shrine suggests that the request is sanctified by sacred presence.

Characters & Entities

• Dhūtapāpā
• Vedaśirā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma values character and exemplary conduct; life decisions should be anchored in virtue that yields true well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting frames the account, but this verse itself does not praise a named shrine or ghāṭa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It culminates the request for kanyādāna to a worthy ‘vara’; no other ritual details are given.