Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

पुत्रवानहमेवास्मि यच्च मे चिरचिंतितम् । स्वपौरुषेण कृतवानभिलाषं करस्थितम्

Transliteration

putravānahamevāsmi yacca me ciraciṃtitam | svapauruṣeṇa kṛtavānabhilāṣaṃ karasthitam

Translation

بے شک میں صاحبِ فرزند ہو کر مبارک ہوں؛ اور جس بات کو میں مدتوں سے سوچتا آیا تھا، اس نے اپنی ہی قوتِ مردانگی سے میری آرزو کو میرے ہاتھ میں لا کر ٹھہرا دیا—یعنی پوری کر دیا۔

Word by Word

• putravān: having a son
• putravān: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (पुत्र) + -vant (वन्त्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'possessing a son' (predicate adjective of aham)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (एव)
• Form: निपात (restrictive particle) — 'indeed/only'

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'am'

• yat: that which
• yat: Karman (Object of 'ciracintitam')
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'that which'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction) — 'and'

• me: my
• me: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — 'of me/my'

• cira-cintitam: long contemplated
• cira-cintitam: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cira (चिर) + cintita (चिन्तित) < cint (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'long thought/long desired' (yat qualifies)

• sva-pauruṣeṇa: by one’s own effort
• sva-pauruṣeṇa: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (स्व) + pauruṣa (पौरुष) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन — 'by (one’s) own manly effort'

• kṛtavān: having made
• kṛtavān: Karta-anvaya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'having made/done'

• abhilāṣam: desire
• abhilāṣam: Karman
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhilāṣa (अभिलाष) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'desire'

• kara-sthitam: within (my) grasp
• kara-sthitam: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kara (कर) + sthita (स्थित) < sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'placed in hand/within grasp' (abhilāṣam qualifies)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (implied as the fulfilled desire)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas and Gaṇeśa (in-scene)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva declares himself truly blessed with a son; Gaṇeśa has, by his own prowess, placed Śiva’s long-cherished desire into his hand—fulfilled.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Gaṇeśa (son)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine relationship is celebrated as dharma: the son’s competence and grace become a direct instrument of fulfillment for the highest aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied long-desired attainment in the surrounding passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a thanksgiving-style statement of fulfilled aspiration.