Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

प्रतिज्ञां शृणुतं तातौ यदि वां तनयो ह्यहम् । करिष्येहं तथा तेन विद्युन्मत्तस्त्रसिष्यति

Transliteration

pratijñāṃ śṛṇutaṃ tātau yadi vāṃ tanayo hyaham | kariṣyehaṃ tathā tena vidyunmattastrasiṣyati

Translation

敬爱的父母，请听我所立的誓愿。若我确是你们的儿子，我必如此行事，使那如闪电般狂怒者也要战栗。

Word by Word

• pratijñām: a promise
• pratijñām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratijñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object

• śṛṇutam: hear (you two)!
• śṛṇutam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, द्विवचन, परस्मैपद

• tātau: O dear ones (you two)
• tātau: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, द्विवचन; vocative ‘O dear fathers/parents’

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थ-अव्यय; conditional ‘if’

• vām: of you two
• vām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, द्विवचन (enclitic); ‘of you two’

• tanayaḥ: son
• tanayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate nominative

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; emphasis

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; subject

• kariṣye: I will do
• kariṣye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-कर्तृप्रत्यय

• tathā: thus; in such a way
• tathā: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; manner-adverb

• tena: by that; thereby
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental ‘by that/thereby’

• vidyun-mattaḥ: mad like lightning
• vidyun-mattaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidyut (प्रातिपदिक) + matta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: विद्युन्मत्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘mad like lightning / lightning-mad’ (qualifier of implied agent)

• trasiṣyati: will be frightened; will tremble
• trasiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tras (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Agastya (as character in the narrative)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (His parents within the story)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya, radiant, raises a hand as if sealing a vow; behind him a stylized lightning form (the raging adversary) recoils; parents watch with hope returning.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Kāśī
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic vow, rooted in devotion, becomes a shield that turns threatening forces into fear itself.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-māhātmya narrative; no single named tīrtha appears in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A vow (pratijñā) is declared; the concrete act is explained in the subsequent verse via worship of Mṛtyuñjaya.