Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

इति श्रुत्वाथ सा कन्या पितरं प्रणिपत्य च । अनुज्ञां प्रार्थयामास तपसे कृतनिश्चया

Transliteration

iti śrutvātha sā kanyā pitaraṃ praṇipatya ca | anujñāṃ prārthayāmāsa tapase kṛtaniścayā

Translation

ครั้นได้ฟังดังนั้น นางกัลยาจึงกราบบิดา แล้วทูลขออนุญาต ด้วยได้ตั้งปณิธานมั่นคงที่จะบำเพ็ญตบะ

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/इति-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle): ‘thus’

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having heard’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequence/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunctive/adverb): ‘then’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कन्या: the maiden
• कन्या: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रणिपत्य: having prostrated
• प्रणिपत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नि + √पत् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having bowed down/prostrated’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अनुज्ञाम्: permission
• अनुज्ञाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रार्थयामास: she requested
• प्रार्थयामास: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अर्थय् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘आमास’ परिप्रयोग (periphrastic perfect nuance)

• तपसे: for austerity
• तपसे: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान-भावे

• कृतनिश्चया: having made a firm resolve
• कृतनिश्चया: Visheshana (Adjective of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु) + निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘कृत’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle: ‘made’), समासः—तत्पुरुष (कृतः निश्चयः यस्याः)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda speaking to Agastya, inferred from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden, hands folded, bows at her father’s feet; her face shows calm determination. In the background: a simple altar, river/ghat hints, and ascetics—signaling the impending tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Pitā
• Kanyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic resolve is paired with humility and proper consent; determination for tapas is undertaken with reverence and responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to the Kāśī Khanda milieu; this verse itself centers on the decision for tapas rather than naming a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking tapas (austerity) is the implied prescription, initiated with firm resolve and due permission.