Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ततो गृहस्थधर्माश्च ततो योगनिरूपणम् । कालज्ञानं ततः प्रोक्तं दिवोदासस्य वर्णनम्

Transliteration

tato gṛhasthadharmāśca tato yoganirūpaṇam | kālajñānaṃ tataḥ proktaṃ divodāsasya varṇanam

Translation

ثم تُذكر واجباتُ ربّ البيت (دَرم الغِرهاسثا)؛ ثم يأتي بيانُ اليوغا. وبعد ذلك تُعلَّم معرفةُ الزمان (الأوقات الميمونة)، ثم تُروى سيرةُ ديفوداسا (Divodāsa).

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter; then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — 'ततः' = thereafter/from that

• gṛhastha-dharmāḥ: duties of a householder
• gṛhastha-dharmāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛhastha (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गृहस्थस्य धर्माः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/संबन्धबोधक) — conjunction

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thereafter

• yoga-nirūpaṇam: exposition of yoga
• yoga-nirūpaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + nirūpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (योगस्य निरूपणम्)

• kāla-jñānam: knowledge of time
• kāla-jñānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कालस्य ज्ञानम्)

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thereafter

• proktam: is declared/said
• proktam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√vac (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'said/declared'

• divodāsasya: of Divodāsa
• divodāsasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divodāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• varṇanam: description
• varṇanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau in Kāśī: a sage enumerates the sequence—householder duties, yoga exposition, time-knowledge, and the story of King Divodāsa—against a backdrop of ghāṭas and temples.

Characters & Entities

• Gṛhastha-dharma
• Yoga
• Kāla-jñāna
• Divodāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage literature in the Purāṇas is also a manual of life-stages—householder duty, yogic practice, and sacred history are interwoven.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Kāśī/Avimukta, with Divodāsa connected to Kāśī’s royal and sacred history.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kāla-jñāna indicates attention to proper timing for rites, though no single rite is specified here.