Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । श्रुत्वेति नंदिनो वाक्यं देवदेवेश्वरो हरः । श्रद्धा प्रसाद्य शैलादिमिदं प्रोवाच कुंभज

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | śrutveti naṃdino vākyaṃ devadeveśvaro haraḥ | śraddhā prasādya śailādimidaṃ provāca kuṃbhaja

Translation

斯坎达说道：听闻难丁之言，哈罗——诸天之主的主宰——以信心慈然垂允，遂就“室利等”（Śailādi）等事对壶生者（Kumbhaja，阿迦斯提耶）如是宣说。

Word by Word

• skaṃdaḥ: Skanda
• skaṃdaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skaṃda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyaparicchedaka (Quotation marker/वाक्य-परिच्छेदक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle/इति-प्रयोग)

• naṃdinaḥ: of Nandin
• naṃdinaḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṃdin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive/6th), एकवचन

• vākyam: statement, words
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• devadeveśvaraḥ: Lord of the lord of gods (supreme lord)
• devadeveśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + deva + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• haraḥ: Hara (Śiva)
• haraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śraddhām: faith, trust
• śraddhām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prasādya: having propitiated, having made (it) pleased
• prasādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-sad (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-क्त्वान्त (causative absolutive): ‘प्रसादयित्वा’ (having pleased/propitiated)

• śailādim: the mountain and the rest (mountain etc.)
• śailādim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘शैलादि’ = ‘पर्वतादि’ (mountain etc.)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• provāca: said, proclaimed
• provāca: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• kuṃbhaja: O Kumbhaja (Agastya)
• kuṃbhaja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṃbha + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śailādi (cluster beginning with Śrīśaila)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A three-tiered transmission scene: Skanda narrates; within the narration, Hara listens to Nandin and then speaks to Agastya (Kumbhaja) about Śailādi tīrthas.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Nandin
• Śiva (Hara)
• Agastya (Kumbhaja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching is transmitted through reverent listening and grace—Śiva responds when devotion and faith are present.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is praised directly; it serves as a narrative bridge introducing further site-glorification (beginning with Śailādi).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a speaker/scene-setting verse emphasizing śraddhā (faith) and the act of hearing.