Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 160

Devanagari script

यावतार्थिजनस्तृप्तिमेति सर्वोपि सर्वशः । वयं न तादृङ्महिला भर्तृसंदेहकारिकाः

Transliteration

yāvatārthijanastṛptimeti sarvopi sarvaśaḥ | vayaṃ na tādṛṅmahilā bhartṛsaṃdehakārikāḥ

Translation

حتى يَبلغَ كلُّ محتاجٍ سائلٍ تمامَ الرضا من كلِّ وجه—هكذا نخدم. ولسنا من النساء اللواتي يُوقعن الشكَّ في قلب الزوج.

Word by Word

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Limit/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (until/as much as)

• अर्थि-जनः: the needy people
• अर्थि-जनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे (determinative: 'needy people'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• एति: attains/goes to
• एति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वः: all
• सर्वः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'अर्थिजनः' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• सर्वशः: in every way
• सर्वशः: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'in every way/entirely')

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• तादृक्: such
• तादृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश्/तादृक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'महिलाः' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• महिलाः: women
• महिलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• भर्तृ-सन्देह-कारिकाः: causing suspicion about (their) husband
• भर्तृ-सन्देह-कारिकाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'causing doubt about the husband'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'महिलाः' इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

A local housewife (gṛhiṇī) in Kāśī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: In-scene listener is the muni; frame listeners are sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A resolute householder’s wife speaks firmly: she and her household serve until every petitioner is satisfied; the scene shows a line of supplicants receiving food/aid, with the husband’s trust implied.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
• Supplicants (ārthijana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True household dharma prioritizes satisfying the needy while maintaining integrity and trust within family life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where generosity toward seekers is treated as a defining virtue of residents.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied vow-like ethic of anna-dāna—feeding petitioners until they are fully satisfied.