Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

विनतोवाच गरुडं पुरावृत्तमशेषतः । दासीत्वकारणं यद्वदादित्याश्वविलोकनम्

Transliteration

vinatovāca garuḍaṃ purāvṛttamaśeṣataḥ | dāsītvakāraṇaṃ yadvadādityāśvavilokanam

Translation

تب وِنَتا نے گرُڑ کو پچھلا سارا حال تفصیل سے سنایا—کہ آدتیہ کے گھوڑے اُچّیشروَس کو دیکھنے کے معاملے میں کس طرح اُس کی غلامی کا سبب بنا۔

Word by Word

• विनता: Vinatā
• विनता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गरुडम्: to Garuḍa
• गरुडम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पुरावृत्तम्: the earlier event
• पुरावृत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरा + वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुषार्थे (पुरा वृत्तम् = what happened earlier)

• अशेषतः: completely
• अशेषतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: completely/without remainder)

• दासीत्वकारणम्: the cause of servitude
• दासीत्वकारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासी + त्व + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (cause of slavery)

• यद्वत्: as (it was)
• यद्वत्: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक ("as/just as")

• आदित्याश्वविलोकनम्: the viewing of the Sun’s horse
• आदित्याश्वविलोकनम्: Karma (Apposition/explanatory object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य + अश्व + विलोकन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आदित्यस्य अश्वस्य विलोकनम् = viewing the sun-horse)

Speaker

Vinatā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (frame listener not specified in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vinatā recounts the old incident: the radiant white horse Uccaiḥśravas associated with the Sun, with Kadrū’s sons plotting deceit; the scene feels like a flashback within the mother-son dialogue.

Characters & Entities

• Vinatā
• Garuḍa
• Āditya (Sun)
• Uccaiḥśravas (implied by ‘Sun’s horse’)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Past actions and disputes can bind the present; truthful recounting and clarity about causes prepare the ground for liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this verse transitions into the mythic backstory rather than praising a location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.