Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पतिव्रतेयं कल्याणी लोपामुद्रा सधर्मिणी । तवांगच्छायया तुल्या यत्कथापुण्यकारिणी

Transliteration

pativrateyaṃ kalyāṇī lopāmudrā sadharmiṇī | tavāṃgacchāyayā tulyā yatkathāpuṇyakāriṇī

Translation

Diese glückverheißende Lopāmudrā ist eine Pativratā, ihrem Gatten ergeben, und mit dir wandelt sie auf dem Pfad des Dharma. Sie ist wie der Schatten deines Leibes, und selbst ihre Geschichte wirkt Puṇya, heilsames Verdienst.

Word by Word

• pati-vratā: a devoted wife
• pati-vratā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक) + vratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘पतेः व्रता’ (devoted to husband)

• iyam: this (woman)
• iyam: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• kalyāṇī: auspicious, virtuous
• kalyāṇī: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kalyāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• lopāmudrā: Lopāmudrā
• lopāmudrā: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lopāmudrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; व्यक्तिनाम

• sa-dharmiṇī: a true partner in dharma
• sa-dharmiṇī: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘सह’) + dharmiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः—‘सधर्मिणी’ = ‘समानधर्मयुक्ता/सहधर्मचारिणी’

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• aṅga-chāyayā: by/with the shadow of (your) body
• aṅga-chāyayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + chāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘अङ्गस्य छाया’

• tulyā: equal to, comparable
• tulyā: Pratijna (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tulya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• yat-kathā-puṇya-kāriṇī: whose story brings merit
• yat-kathā-puṇya-kāriṇī: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yat (यद्-प्रातिपदिक) + kathā (प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + kāriṇī (कृ धातु-आधारित, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम्; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः—‘यस्याः कथा पुण्यं करोति’ (whose story produces merit)

Speaker

Agastya (deduced, addressing Skanda/another sage within Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame typical; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lopāmudrā stands or sits beside her husband-sage, close as his shadow, embodying devoted companionship; the scene conveys quiet strength and purity rather than spectacle.

Characters & Entities

• Lopāmudrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pativrata-dharma and shared righteousness elevate both household life and spiritual attainment; even remembrance of such lives yields merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the broader frame, though this verse itself praises Lopāmudrā’s virtue rather than naming a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, śravaṇa (hearing) of sacred kathā is praised as puṇya-producing.