Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

वरांगीति च नामास्याः कृतवांश्च पितामहः । जगाम च ततो ब्रह्मा कश्यपेन समं दिवम्

Transliteration

varāṃgīti ca nāmāsyāḥ kṛtavāṃśca pitāmahaḥ | jagāma ca tato brahmā kaśyapena samaṃ divam

Translation

پِتامہ (برہما) نے اس کا نام بھی ‘ورانگی’ رکھا۔ پھر برہما کشیپ کے ساتھ سوَرگ (آسمانی لوک) کو روانہ ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• वराङ्गी: Varāṅgī (fair-limbed)
• वराङ्गी: Karma (Name as object of naming)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरम् अङ्गं यस्याः)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘नाम’ (name)

• अस्याः: of her
• अस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कृतवान्: having made (i.e., bestowed)
• कृतवान्: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• पितामहः: the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana/Temporal
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-निर्गत अर्थे अव्यय (ablative adverb: thereafter/from there)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कश्यपेन: with Kaśyapa
• कश्यपेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• समम्: together
• समम्: Sambandha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘समम्’ = सह/एकत्र

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Karma (Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (द्यौः) / नपुंसकलिङ्ग (दिवम् as acc. sg. in usage), द्वितीया, एकवचन; गन्तव्य-कर्म

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svarga (mythic)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā names the maiden Varāṅgī in a blessing gesture; then Brahmā departs with Kaśyapa toward the luminous heavens, leaving the couple established.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Varāṅgī
• Kaśyapa
• Svarga (Divam)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Names in Purāṇic tradition signal destiny and dharma; the narrative frames divine arrangement before the undertaking of austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is mentioned; “divam” indicates heaven as the destination of Brahmā and Kaśyapa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse records naming and departure, typical of Purāṇic narrative transitions.