Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यद्वृत्तं तदगस्ते निशामय । काका हंसत्वमापन्नास्तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | tasmiṃstīrthe tu yadvṛttaṃ tadagaste niśāmaya | kākā haṃsatvamāpannāstattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ

Translation

Skanda nói: Hỡi Agastya, hãy lắng nghe điều đã xảy ra tại tīrtha ấy. Nhờ uy lực của thánh địa đó, loài quạ đã đạt đến địa vị của thiên nga.

Word by Word

• skaṃdaḥ: Skanda
• skaṃdaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skaṃda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु: वच्)
• Form: लिट् (perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle: 'but/indeed')

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• vṛttam: happened event
• vṛttam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्-सम्बन्ध (correlative)

• agaste: O Agastya
• agaste: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• niśāmaya: listen/attend
• niśāmaya: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-śam (धातु: शम्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kākāḥ: crows
• kākāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• haṃsatvam: the state of being swans
• haṃsatvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haṃsa-tva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तद्धित/भाववाचक (state/condition)

• āpannāḥ: attained
• āpannāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-pad (धातु: पद्)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past active/PPP in sense 'attained'); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tat: of that
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• tīrthasya: of the sacred place
• tīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• prabhāvataḥ: due to the power
• prabhāvataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (ablative: 'due to')

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśvara-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda speaks to Agastya beside a sacred pond; above the water, dark crows shimmer and transform into white swans, circling the shrine of Kṛttivāseśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya
• Tīrtha (Kāśī)
• Kṛttivāseśvara (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity can purify and elevate even the lowly, symbolized by crows transforming into swans.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha connected with Kṛttivāseśvara in Kāśī (as established in the surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a tīrtha-māhātmya episode illustrating the site’s power.