Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा विररामासौ शिवशर्मन्ध्रुवस्तदा । देवोपि भगवान्विष्णुस्तमुवाच प्रसन्नदृक्

Transliteration

ityuktvā virarāmāsau śivaśarmandhruvastadā | devopi bhagavānviṣṇustamuvāca prasannadṛk

Translation

یوں کہہ کر دھرو، جو اُس وقت شِوشرما کے نام سے معروف تھا، خاموش ہو گیا۔ پھر خوش روئی والے بھگوان وِشنو نے اسے مخاطب کیا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• विरराम: ceased, stopped
• विरराम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• असौ: that person (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• शिवशर्मन्: Śivaśarman (proper name)
• शिवशर्मन्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवशर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ध्रुवः: Dhruva
• ध्रुवः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Additive particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तम्: to him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + उद्- (उपसर्ग; उवाच इति रूपम्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• प्रसन्न-दृक्: having a serene gaze
• प्रसन्न-दृक्: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + दृश्/दृक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहिः—यस्यानि प्रसन्ना दृशः सः

Speaker

Narrator (within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhruva (Śivaśarmā) finishes his praise and stands in reverent silence; Viṣṇu, serene and smiling, turns to speak, indicating imminent boon.

Characters & Entities

• Dhruva
• Śivaśarmā
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere praise culminates in divine response; the Lord’s grace is shown through direct address and benevolent attention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī/Varanasi) textual milieu, though this verse itself is a narrative transition rather than a site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it marks the shift from devotee’s hymn to the Lord’s reply.