Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

इति लिंगांबुधेर्जातां परिपीय वचःसुधाम् । बभूवानंदसंदोह मंथरातीव ह्रीमती

Transliteration

iti liṃgāṃbudherjātāṃ paripīya vacaḥsudhām | babhūvānaṃdasaṃdoha maṃtharātīva hrīmatī

Translation

So trank sie die nektargleichen Worte, die aus dem Ozean des Liṅga hervorgingen; und das schamhafte Mädchen wurde von einer Flut der Wonne ergriffen und schien wie in sanfter Langsamkeit zu verharren.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle: 'thus')

• liṅgāmbudheḥ: of the ocean of the liṅga
• liṅgāmbudheḥ: Sambandha (Source/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga + ambudhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (liṅgasya ambudhiḥ)

• jātām: born (arisen)
• jātām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग द्वितीया-विभक्ति एकवचन; विशेषण (vacaḥsudhām इत्यस्य)

• paripīya: having drunk in
• paripīya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√pā (पा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): 'having drunk/imbibed'

• vacaḥsudhām: the nectar of words
• vacaḥsudhām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas + sudhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vacaḥ = words; sudhā = nectar)

• babhūva: became
• babhūva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• ānandasaṃdohaḥ: a mass of bliss
• ānandasaṃdohaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānanda + saṃdoha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ānandasya saṃdohaḥ)

• maṃtharā: slow, languid
• maṃtharā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maṃtharā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (hrīmatī इत्यस्य)

• iva: as if
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक-अव्यय (particle of comparison: 'as if/like')

• hrīmatī: the modest/shy woman
• hrīmatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrīmatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda to Agastya) [deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame narration]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśa-liṅga (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Umā (frame) / audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden, having ‘drunk’ the nectar of Śiva’s boon-speech from the liṅga-ocean, stands bashful and radiant, slowed by overwhelming bliss; the air seems thick with sweetness.

Characters & Entities

• Ratneśvara-liṅga
• Gandharva-maiden

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine assurance received through worship transforms the heart, producing bliss, humility, and reverent awe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratneśvara Liṅga in Kāśī, portrayed as an ‘ocean’ of grace from which nectar-like words arise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse depicts the inner fruit (ānanda) that follows devoted worship and receiving the boon.