Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

त्वदंगसंगसंस्पर्श सुखसंदोह मेदुरः । परां निर्वृतिमाप्स्यामि परश्वो निकटं यदि

Transliteration

tvadaṃgasaṃgasaṃsparśa sukhasaṃdoha meduraḥ | parāṃ nirvṛtimāpsyāmi paraśvo nikaṭaṃ yadi

Translation

Bereichert durch eine Fülle von Wonne aus der Berührung und dem engen Kontakt deiner Glieder, werde ich höchste Befriedigung erlangen, wenn übermorgen tatsächlich nahe ist.

Word by Word

• त्वत्-अङ्ग-सङ्ग-संस्पर्श: (the) contact of union with your body
• त्वत्-अङ्ग-सङ्ग-संस्पर्श: Karta (subject complement with adjective)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वत् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः: ‘त्वदङ्गस्य सङ्गः’ + ‘सङ्गस्य संस्पर्शः’)

• सुख-सन्दोह: a mass/heap of happiness
• सुख-सन्दोह: Karta (appositional/qualifying noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्दोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘सुखानां सन्दोहः’

• मेदुरः: abounding in, full of
• मेदुरः: Visheshana (predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेदुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पराम्: supreme, great
• पराम्: Visheshana (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• निर्वृतिम्: bliss, satisfaction
• निर्वृतिम्: Karma (object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• आप्स्यामि: I will attain
• आप्स्यामि: Kriya (predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परश्वः: the day after tomorrow
• परश्वः: Kala (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परश्वस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययार्थ)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: ‘day after tomorrow’)

• निकटम्: near
• निकटम्: Adhikarana (proximity)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निकट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत् (adverbial use: ‘near/close by’)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Hetu/Condition (condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not shown in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A close, intimate composition: the speaker leaning forward with longing, attendants and wedding pavilion blurred in the background; emphasis on hands, garlands, and the threshold moment before union, conveying ‘nirvṛti’ anticipated from touch.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It illustrates how intense desire and anticipation operate in Purāṇic narrative, setting up a moral or plot-turn in the next events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.