Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ते त्वयाप्यवमंतव्या व्रज पुत्र शुभोदय । इत्याज्ञां मूर्ध्नि चाधाय स ततः पारमेश्वरीम्

Transliteration

te tvayāpyavamaṃtavyā vraja putra śubhodaya | ityājñāṃ mūrdhni cādhāya sa tataḥ pārameśvarīm

Translation

你也应当挫败他们的傲气——去吧，我的儿子，你的崛起是吉祥的。就这样将命令顶戴在头上，他随即遵照主的旨意出发了。

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• अवमन्तव्याः: should be insulted
• अवमन्तव्याः: Vidhyartha (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवमन्तव्य (प्रातिपदिक; अव + मन् धातोः तव्यत्-कृत्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कृत्य (gerundive) ‘to be disrespected’—ते इति विशेष्य

• व्रज: go
• व्रज: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• शुभोदय: O auspicious one
• शुभोदय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभोदय (प्रातिपदिक; शुभ + उदय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘whose rise is auspicious’ इति अर्थे

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• आज्ञाम्: command
• आज्ञाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मूर्ध्नि: on (his) head
• मूर्ध्नि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

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

• आधाय: having placed
• आधाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

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

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (then/from there)

• पारमेश्वरीम्: (towards) the Supreme Goddess / Pāramaeśvarī
• पारमेश्वरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारमेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) as devotional frame

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vīrabhadra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra bows, symbolically placing Śiva’s command upon his head, then turns to depart—an image of disciplined devotion fused with warrior resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Vīrabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Receiving divine instruction with reverence (placing it ‘on the head’) exemplifies ideal discipleship and dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu; no single tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes respectful acceptance of Śiva’s command.