Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

सा तु बाल्ये व्यतिक्रांते किंचिदुद्रिन्नयौवना । शिवभक्तं स्वपितरं दृष्ट्वा नियममग्रहीत्

Transliteration

sā tu bālye vyatikrāṃte kiṃcidudrinnayauvanā | śivabhaktaṃ svapitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā niyamamagrahīt

Translation

فلما انقضت طفولتها وبدأت فتوة الشباب تتفتح، رأت أباها مخلصًا في عبادة شيفا (Śiva)، فاتخذت نذرًا منضبطًا في الزهد والالتزام.

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्

• tu: but, however
• tu: Connector (विरोध/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (contrastive particle)

• bālye: in childhood
• bālye: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्

• vyatikrānte: (when) had passed
• vyatikrānte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyati-krānta (कृदन्त; क्रम् धातु, क्त; वि+अति+क्रम्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; ‘when (it) had passed’—सप्तमीसम्बन्ध (locative absolute-like with bālye)

• kiṃcit: somewhat
• kiṃcit: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-नपुंसक एकवचनं क्रियाविशेषणवत्)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: somewhat)

• udrinna-yauvanā: with youth somewhat arisen
• udrinna-yauvanā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udrinna (कृदन्त; उद्+दृ/द्रि?; प्रचलित विशेषण ‘उद्रिन्न’ = risen) + yauvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (udrinnaṃ yauvanaṃ yasyāḥ/udrinna-yauvanā)

• śiva-bhaktam: devoted to Śiva
• śiva-bhaktam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (कृदन्त; भज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; तत्पुरुषः (śivasya bhaktaḥ)

• sva-pitaram: her own father
• sva-pitaram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (svaḥ pitā)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु/दृश्)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तम् (gerund/absolutive)

• niyamam: a vow, observance
• niyamam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• agrahīt: undertook, accepted
• agrahīt: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु/ग्रह्)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/लुङ्), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ratnāvalī, now a blossoming youth, watches her father Ratnadīpa performing Śiva-devotion with disciplined posture; her face shows resolve as she inwardly takes a vow.

Characters & Entities

• Ratnāvalī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Good example inspires dharma: witnessing sincere Śiva-bhakti in elders can awaken one’s own commitment and self-discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred arena where her vow will be practiced and rewarded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A niyama (vowed observance) is introduced, setting up later details about daily worship and conduct.