Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । शृण्वगस्त्यमहाभाग स च राजा भगीरथः । आराध्य श्रीमहादेवमुद्दिधीर्षुः पितामहान्

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇvagastyamahābhāga sa ca rājā bhagīrathaḥ | ārādhya śrīmahādevamuddidhīrṣuḥ pitāmahān

Translation

斯坎达说道：听着，福德深厚的阿伽斯提耶啊。那位国王薄伽罗他（Bhagīratha），为救度祖先，礼敬供奉光辉的摩诃提婆（Mahādeva）。

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• अगस्त्य: O Agastya
• अगस्त्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः महा+भाग (कर्मधारय); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भगीरथः: Bhagīratha
• भगीरथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगीरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having worshipped’

• श्रीमहादेवम्: Śrī Mahādeva (Lord Śiva)
• श्रीमहादेवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री+महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः श्री+महादेव (कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उद्दिधीर्षुः: desiring to raise/restore
• उद्दिधीर्षुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्+धृ (धातु)
• Form: सन्नन्त-इच्छार्थक (Desiderative) कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पितामहान्: forefathers/ancestors
• पितामहान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Skanda

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya
• Bhagīratha
• Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deliverance of ancestors is achieved through devotion and austerity directed to Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is steering toward Kāśī and Maṇikarṇikā as the key sacred locus connected with Gaṅgā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Mahādeva for pitṛ-upliftment.