Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

दासीनामयुतं प्रातर्दास्यामि तव सुंदरि । आसुरीणां सुरीणां च दानवीनां मनोहरम्

Transliteration

dāsīnāmayutaṃ prātardāsyāmi tava suṃdari | āsurīṇāṃ surīṇāṃ ca dānavīnāṃ manoharam

Translation

يا جميلة، غدًا صباحًا سأهب لكِ عشرةَ آلافِ جاريةٍ خادمةٍ، فاتناتٍ من نساء الأسورا ونساء الديفا ونساء الدانافا.

Word by Word

• दासीनाम्: of female servants
• दासीनाम्: Relation (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive Plural)

• अयुतम्: ten thousand
• अयुतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular); संख्यावाचक (ten thousand)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Time (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (in the morning)

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sampradana/Recipient (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive Singular)

• सुंदरि: O beautiful one
• सुंदरि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन (Vocative Singular)

• आसुरीणाम्: of demon-women (āsurīs)
• आसुरीणाम्: Relation (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचन

• सुरीणाम्: of goddess-like women (surīs)
• सुरीणाम्: Relation (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचन

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

• दानवीनाम्: of demonesses (dānavīs)
• दानवीनाम्: Relation (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचन

• मनोहरम्: charming/delightful
• मनोहरम्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; (अयुतम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

Speaker

Dānava (Kaṅkālaketu, implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The dānava boasts of gifting ten thousand maidservants from various realms; the scene shows an imagined procession of attendants behind him, emphasizing excess and domination.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava
• Vidyādharī
• Asurī
• Surī
• Dānavī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Extravagant gifts and power are depicted as temptations that cannot replace righteousness, consent, and fidelity to vows.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting frames the narrative; this verse itself does not specify a particular tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is an offer of worldly inducements (dāsīs) rather than a dharmic rite.