Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पुरा तताप सुमहत्तपः शतधृतिर्मुने । तपसा तेन देवेशः संतुष्टो वरदोऽभवत्

Transliteration

purā tatāpa sumahattapaḥ śatadhṛtirmune | tapasā tena deveśaḥ saṃtuṣṭo varado'bhavat

Translation

往昔，哦 牟尼，沙塔德里提修行了极其宏大的苦行。因那苦行，诸天之主心生欢喜，遂成为赐福者。

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly; once
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• तताप: performed austerity; did penance
• तताप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुमहत्-तपः: very great austerity
• सुमहत्-तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + महत् + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सुमहत् तपः (very great austerity)

• शतधृतिः: Śatadhṛti (Brahmā)
• शतधृतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतधृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः नाम

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तेन: by that; thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवेशः: Lord of the gods
• देवेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—देवानाम् ईशः

• सन्तुष्टः: pleased; satisfied
• सन्तुष्टः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन्तुष्ट (कृदन्त; √तुष्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• वरदः: boon-giving
• वरदः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (giver of boons)

• अभवत्: became; was
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (context); Satīśvara narrative arc

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/creator-figure Śatadhṛti performs intense austerities; the Lord of gods appears, pleased, ready to grant a boon.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Śatadhṛti
• Deveśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere tapas (austerity) attracts divine grace; Śiva responds as Varada, the giver of boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Satīśvara origin narrative connected to Kāśī, though this line itself focuses on tapas and divine response.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is highlighted as the spiritual practice, without specifying a particular vrata or rite.