Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

धारैका मूत्रयत्यस्मिन्दक्षिणावर्तिनी यदि । गंधश्च मीनमधुनोर्यदि वीर्ये तदा नृपः

Transliteration

dhāraikā mūtrayatyasmindakṣiṇāvartinī yadi | gaṃdhaśca mīnamadhunoryadi vīrye tadā nṛpaḥ

Translation

Wenn sein Urin in einem einzigen, gleichmäßigen Strahl, rechtsdrehend, hervortritt und sein Samen den Duft von Fisch und Honig trägt, dann wird er König.

Word by Word

• dhārā: stream/flow
• dhārā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ekā: single/one
• ekā: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (dhārāyāḥ)

• mūtrayati: urinates/lets urine flow
• mūtrayati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mūtra √mūtr (धातु; denominative)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asmin: in this (person/one)
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dakṣiṇāvartinī: right-turning
• dakṣiṇāvartinī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa + āvarta + inī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-निष्पन्न विशेषण (dakṣiṇāvartā asyāḥ)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात (conditional particle)

• gandhaḥ: smell/odor
• gandhaḥ: Karta/Viśeṣya
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• mīna: fish
• mīna: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: mīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग

• madhunoḥ: of honey (and ...)
• madhunoḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन; (genitive dual)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात

• vīrye: in the semen/virility
• vīrye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• nṛpaḥ: a king
• nṛpaḥ: Predicate/Viśeṣya (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate noun)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage explains specific auspicious physiological signs (single steady stream, right-turning; fragrance metaphors of fish and honey) as indicators of future kingship, using symbolic diagrams rather than explicit depiction.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Royal destiny is portrayed as a karmic fruition, described through traditional auspicious physiological signs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; it remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa discourse frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is observational rather than ritual-instructional.