Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

यदा प्रभृति रे बाल निरगात्तपसे भवान् । तदेव दिनमारभ्य निर्गताऽहं त्वदीक्षणे

Transliteration

yadā prabhṛti re bāla niragāttapase bhavān | tadeva dinamārabhya nirgatā'haṃ tvadīkṣaṇe

Translation

孩子啊，自你出发修行苦行的那一天起，从那同一天开始，我也踏上了路——只为得见你一面。

Word by Word

• yadā: when
• yadā: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (when)

• prabhṛti: since
• prabhṛti: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘प्रभृति’ = ‘since/from’ (आरम्भकालात्)

• re: O!
• re: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: re (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• bāla: boy/child
• bāla: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• niragāt: departed
• niragāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्) + nis- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘निरगात्’ = went out/departed

• tapase: for austerity
• tapase: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदानार्थः

• bhavān: you
• bhavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-‘you’

• tat: then
• tat: Adhikarana (Temporal reference/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयुक्तं ‘तत्’ = then/that (correlative)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Modifier (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-निपात

• dinam: day
• dinam: Adhikarana (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘दिनम्’ (time-span)

• ārabhya: starting from
• ārabhya: Adhikarana (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√rabh (रभ्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); ‘starting from’

• nirgatā: have gone out
• nirgatā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nirgata (कृदन्त; nis-√gam गम्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘gone out/come forth’ (predicate)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tvat-īkṣaṇe: in/for seeing you
• tvat-īkṣaṇe: Adhikarana (Goal/occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; √īkṣ ईक्ष्)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: tvat-īkṣaṇa = ‘त्वदीक्षण’ (your seeing); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

A royal mother/queen (rājapatnī), speaking to her son

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (implicit destination of eventual darśana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tender address to a ‘child’: the moment of departure for austerities, and the speaker’s immediate decision to set out as well—two figures on diverging yet spiritually linked paths.

Characters & Entities

• Tapas (austerity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas affects not only the ascetic but also family bonds; dharma is portrayed with its emotional cost and steadfast love.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in the verse; the broader setting remains Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred Kāśī milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas is referenced as the son’s undertaking, but no detailed vow, bath, or donation is prescribed here.