Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

पतिव्रतास्वरुंधत्याः कमले विमलाशयः । यथास्ति न तथाऽन्यस्याः कस्याश्चित्कापि भामिनि

Transliteration

pativratāsvaruṃdhatyāḥ kamale vimalāśayaḥ | yathāsti na tathā'nyasyāḥ kasyāścitkāpi bhāmini

Translation

O fair lady, in Arundhatī—steadfast in pātivratya—there is a stainless purity of heart, such as is found in no other woman anywhere.

Word by Word

• pativratā: devoted to her husband
• pativratā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pati + vrata (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (pati-vrata)

• svaruṃdhatyāḥ: of noble Arundhatī
• svaruṃdhatyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aruṃdhatī (प्रातिपदिक) with su- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘aruṃdhatī’ with honorific/augment su- (good/noble Arundhatī)

• kamale: O Kamalā
• kamale: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative); एकवचन

• vimalāśayaḥ: one of pure intention/heart
• vimalāśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala + āśaya (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (vimalo 'śayaḥ)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/relative adverb)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• tathā: so/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनुरूप/एवम् (correlative adverb ‘so/thus’)

• anyasyāḥ: of another (woman)
• anyasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• kasyāḥ: of any (which)
• kasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• cit: ever/any
• cit: Avadhāraṇa/Anirdeśa (Indefiniteness)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चितार्थक-निपात (enclitic indefinite particle)

• kāpi: any (woman) at all
• kāpi: Karta (Subject—elliptic ‘(she)’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kā (kim-प्रातिपदिक) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (some/any)

• bhāmini: O lovely lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Skanda’s discourse (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kamalā (Lakṣmī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A close, intimate tableau: Lakṣmī addressed as ‘Kamalē’ while Nārāyaṇa points to Arundhatī’s unmatched inner purity; the emphasis is on serene faces and luminous calm.

Characters & Entities

• Arundhatī
• Kamalā (as addressee/name in verse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner purity (vimala-āśaya) grounded in dharma is presented as the highest ornament of a devoted life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha; the verse continues the Arundhatī praise within the Kāśī narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a comparative eulogy of Arundhatī’s virtue.