Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

इत्यूर्जस्वलमाकर्ण्य वचः सूनोर्गरुत्मतः । विनता प्राह तं पुत्रं मातृभक्तिसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

ityūrjasvalamākarṇya vacaḥ sūnorgarutmataḥ | vinatā prāha taṃ putraṃ mātṛbhaktisamanvitam

Translation

اپنے بیٹے گرڑ کے یہ پرجوش الفاظ سن کر، ونتا نے اپنے اس بیٹے سے کہا جو ماں کی عقیدت سے سرشار تھا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—उक्त्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• ऊर्जस्वलम्: vigorous; powerful
• ऊर्जस्वलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्जस्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + कर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• वचः: speech; words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सूनोः: of (her) son
• सूनोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• गरुत्मतः: of Garuḍa (the winged one)
• गरुत्मतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुत्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• विनता: Vinatā
• विनता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राह: said; spoke
• प्राह: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्/ब्रू (धातु; परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मातृ-भक्ति-समन्वितम्: endowed with filial devotion
• मातृ-भक्ति-समन्वितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival to पुत्रम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मातृ + भक्ति + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Tatpurusha: ‘endowed with devotion to mother’), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrative voice within Kāśī Khaṇḍa (deductively: Skanda in discourse to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-ṛṣis / internal audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Garuḍa’s vigorous words, Vinatā turns toward him, composed enough to speak; Garuḍa stands attentive, embodying mātṛ-bhakti.

Characters & Entities

• Vinatā
• Garutmān (Garuḍa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It praises mātṛ-bhakti (devotion to one’s mother) as a noble dharmic quality that moves the narrative toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the sacred Kāśī Khaṇḍa frame remains implicit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.