Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

गताथ व्योममार्गेण सखीभिः स्वपितुर्गृहम् । कथयंती निजोदंतं तमालीनां पुरो मुदा

Transliteration

gatātha vyomamārgeṇa sakhībhiḥ svapiturgṛham | kathayaṃtī nijodaṃtaṃ tamālīnāṃ puro mudā

Translation

Dann zog sie, den Himmelsweg entlang und von ihren Sakhīs begleitet, zum Haus ihres Vaters und erzählte freudig ihr eigenes Erlebnis vor den Tamālī-Jungfrauen.

Word by Word

• gatā: having gone
• gatā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि: 'having gone/went'

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle: 'then')

• vyomamārgeṇa: by the sky-path
• vyomamārgeṇa: Karana (Instrument/Path/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyoma + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vyomasya mārgaḥ)

• sakhībhiḥ: with (her) friends
• sakhībhiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• svapituḥ: of her own father
• svapituḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (svasya pitā)

• gṛham: house
• gṛham: Karman (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kathayantī: telling, narrating
• kathayantī: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ् धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन

• nija: her own
• nija: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (udantam इत्यस्य)

• udantam: news, account
• udantam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tamālīnām: of the Tamālīs (women named Tamālī)
• tamālīnām: Sambandha (To/among whom/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tamālī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• puraḥ: in front
• puraḥ: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण-देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puras (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'in front/before')

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda to Agastya) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśa-liṅga (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Umā (frame) / audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden and her friends glide through the night sky back to her father’s house, animatedly narrating the boon; a group of Tamālī maidens awaits, listening with delight.

Characters & Entities

• Tamālī (group of maidens)
• Gandharva-maiden

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace received at a tīrtha becomes living testimony—devotees naturally share the fruits of worship with their community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Ratneśvara Liṅga, the source-event behind her joyful report.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the aftermath of the boon and the devotee’s joyful recounting.