Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

नमोस्तु तुभ्यं शरजन्मने विभो प्रभातसूर्यारुणदंतपंक्तये । बालाय चाबालपराक्रमाय षाण्मातुरायालमनातुराय

Transliteration

namostu tubhyaṃ śarajanmane vibho prabhātasūryāruṇadaṃtapaṃktaye | bālāya cābālaparākramāya ṣāṇmāturāyālamanāturāya

Translation

اے ربِّ جلیل، سرکنڈوں میں جنم لینے والے! تجھے نمسکار۔ تیرے دانتوں کی قطار سحر کے سرخ سورج کی مانند دمکتی ہے۔ اس بالک کو سلام جس کا پرَاکرم بچپن سے ماورا ہے؛ چھ ماؤں کے فرزند کو نمسکار، جو ہمیشہ کفایت کرنے والا اور کبھی مضطرب نہیں۔

Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation; homage
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayojana (salutatory particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), विसर्गान्त-निपात (particle used in salutation)

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriya (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative, 4th), एकवचन (singular)

• śara-janmane: to the reed-born one
• śara-janmane: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive-determinative: 'of reeds' + 'birth'), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

• vibho: O Lord
• vibho: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative, 8th), एकवचन

• prabhāta-sūryāruṇa-danta-paṅktaye: to (him) whose row of teeth is red like the dawn-sun
• prabhāta-sūryāruṇa-danta-paṅktaye: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāta (प्रातिपदिक) + sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + aruṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + danta (प्रातिपदिक) + paṅkti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative chain: 'dawn-sun-red' qualifying 'tooth-row'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (paṅkti), चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

• bālāya: to the child (youthful one)
• bālāya: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• abāla-parākramāya: to (him) of not-childish valor
• abāla-parākramāya: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a- (नञ्) + bāla (प्रातिपदिक) + parākrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुष (negation: 'not-child' + 'valor' = 'non-childish valor'), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ṣāṇmāturāya: to the one (reared) by the six mothers
• ṣāṇmāturāya: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṇ (षष्/षट् संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive sense: 'of six mothers'), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• alam: free from; beyond
• alam: Upapada (governing particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: alam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पर्याप्त्यर्थक/निषेधार्थक-निपात (particle: 'enough; free from')

• anāturāya: to the untroubled one
• anāturāya: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a- (नञ्) + ātura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुष (negation: 'not distressed/ill'), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers a hymn to youthful Kārtikeya: childlike form yet heroic aura; teeth gleam like the crimson dawn; six mothers subtly present as protective matr̥kās; the atmosphere is auspicious and radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Kārtikeya (Skanda)
• Six Mothers (Kṛttikās)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power can appear in humble beginnings; the Lord protects devotees with effortless strength.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī remains the overarching sacred geography; the verse focuses on Kārtikeya’s epithets rather than a single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it supports devotional recitation and remembrance of Skanda’s birth-epithets.