Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

नाम्ने रोदिमि मे स्रष्टुर्नाम देहि पितामह । रोदनाद्रुद्र इत्याख्यां समाया डिंभको लभत्

Transliteration

nāmne rodimi me sraṣṭurnāma dehi pitāmaha | rodanādrudra ityākhyāṃ samāyā ḍiṃbhako labhat

Translation

“میں نام کے لیے روتا ہوں؛ اے سَرِشٹِا، اے پِتامہ، مجھے ایک نام عطا کیجیے۔” اسی رونے کے سبب اس ننھے کو “رُدر” کا لقب ملا۔

Word by Word

• नाम्ने: for (a) name
• नाम्ने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; dative ‘for a name’

• रोदिमि: I cry
• रोदिमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; I cry

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; enclitic genitive ‘my’

• स्रष्टुः: of the creator
• स्रष्टुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक; √सृज् (धातु) तृच् → स्रष्टृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive ‘of the creator’

• नाम: a name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन; object of देहि

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; give

• पितामह: O Grandfather
• पितामह: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• रोदनात्: from (his) crying
• रोदनात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदन (प्रातिपदिक; √रुद् + अन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5/अपादान), एकवचन; ablative ‘from crying’

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन; name assigned

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक अव्यय; quotative

• आख्याम्: the name/appellation
• आख्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘appellation/name’

• समाय: having obtained
• समाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √इ (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; having obtained/received

• डिंभकः: the infant
• डिंभकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: डिंभक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘infant’

• लभत्: obtained
• लभत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; obtained

Speaker

Infant Rudra (reported speech) and Narrator (naming etymology)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The infant asks for a name; Brahmā bestows it; the syllables ‘Rudra’ seem to resonate in the air as a mantra, with subtle cosmic vibration imagery.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Rudra
• Śiva (as Rudra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A divine name is not mere label but revelation of function and mystery; “Rudra” is presented as a sacred designation emerging from purposeful līlā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is doctrinal/etymological within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s larger glorification of Kāśī, without naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on nāma (sacred naming) and meaning.