Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

न च ते नाम गृह्णीयात्तवायुष्यविवृद्धये । पुरुषांतरनामापि न गृह्णाति कदाचन

Transliteration

na ca te nāma gṛhṇīyāttavāyuṣyavivṛddhaye | puruṣāṃtaranāmāpi na gṛhṇāti kadācana

Translation

Und sie würde nicht einmal deinen Namen aussprechen, um deine Lebensspanne zu mehren. Auch den Namen eines anderen Mannes nimmt sie niemals in den Mund.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (Negation particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (Conjunction)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th) एकवचन (Singular) / चतुर्थी (Dative/4th) एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (your)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गृह्णीयात्: should take/utter
• गृह्णीयात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• आयुष्यविवृद्धये: for the increase of (your) lifespan
• आयुष्यविवृद्धये: Sampradana/Prayojana (Beneficiary/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुष्य + विवृद्धि (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (आयुष्यस्य विवृद्धिः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरुषान्तरनाम: another man’s name
• पुरुषान्तरनाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष + अन्तर + नामन् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (अन्यस्य पुरुषस्य नाम), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-कारक अव्यय (also/even)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (Negation particle)

• गृह्णाति: takes/utters
• गृह्णाति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• कदाचन: ever/at any time
• कदाचन: Kala-adhikarana (Adverbial/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (Adverb of time: ever)

Speaker

Agastya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet domestic scene: the wife addresses the sage with respectful epithets rather than his personal name; her demeanor shows controlled speech and inward devotion; no other male figure is even conceptually present.

Characters & Entities

• Lopāmudrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restraint in speech and exclusive fidelity are upheld as powerful expressions of marital dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this verse; it remains within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual; it implies a vrata-like discipline of speech and conduct.