Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

आरभ्याद्य दिनाद्भूप ब्राह्मणोऽष्टादशेहनि । उदीच्यः कश्चिदागत्य ध्रुवं त्वामुपदेक्ष्यति

Transliteration

ārabhyādya dinādbhūpa brāhmaṇo'ṣṭādaśehani | udīcyaḥ kaścidāgatya dhruvaṃ tvāmupadekṣyati

Translation

大王，自今日起至第十八日，将有一位来自北方的婆罗门前来，必定为你开示教诲。

Word by Word

• ārabhya: starting from
• ārabhya: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-rabh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) = ‘having begun/from’

• adya: today
• adya: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• dināt: from the day
• dināt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• bhūpa: O king
• bhūpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• aṣṭādaśa-ehani: on the eighteenth day
• aṣṭādaśa-ehani: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭādaśa (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (on the eighteenth day)

• udīcyaḥ: from the north
• udīcyaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udīcya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; दिशावाचक विशेषण (northerner/from the north)

• kaścit: some
• kaścit: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaścit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) = ‘having come’

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) = ‘certainly’

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• upadekṣyati: will instruct
• upadekṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-diś (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic announcement in a royal setting: a king is told that on the eighteenth day a northern brāhmaṇa will arrive to instruct him; the scene shows a road leading into Kāśī, with a traveler-sage approaching, carrying a staff and waterpot.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (unnamed)
• Udīcya (northern region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is preserved through timely upadeśa: the king’s path is guided by brāhmaṇic counsel and right instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it foretells an upcoming teaching event.