Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तयापि धैर्यसूत्रेण सुनीत्या परिगुंफ्य च । नेत्रेंदीवरजामाला ध्रुवस्योपायनीकृता

Transliteration

tayāpi dhairyasūtreṇa sunītyā pariguṃphya ca | netreṃdīvarajāmālā dhruvasyopāyanīkṛtā

Translation

And Sunīti too, threading it upon the cord of steadfastness, fashioned a garland born of her lotus-like eyes—her tears—and offered it to Dhruva as a parting gift.

Word by Word

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अन्वय-अव्यय (also/even)

• धैर्यसूत्रेण: with a thread of courage
• धैर्यसूत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धैर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (धैर्यस्य सूत्रम्)

• सुनीत्या: by Sunīti
• सुनीत्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुनीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (नाम)

• परिगुम्फ्य: having strung; having woven
• परिगुम्फ्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + गुम्फ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययार्थक अव्यय (gerund), रूप: गुम्फ्य (having strung/arranged)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नेत्रेन्दीवरजामाला: a garland of blue-lotuses for the eyes
• नेत्रेन्दीवरजामाला: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्दीवर (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नेत्रयोः इन्दीवरज-माला)

• ध्रुवस्य: of Dhruva
• ध्रुवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• उपायनीकृता: was made into an offering; was presented
• उपायनीकृता: Kriya (Resultative predicate/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपायन (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थ: उपायनं कृतम् (made into a gift/offering)

Speaker

Skanda to Agastya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sunīti, composed yet tearful, gathers tears like lotus-pearls and fashions a garland; she places it in Dhruva’s hands as a blessing. The garland glistens, symbolizing dhairya as the thread and love as sacred offering.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya
• Sunīti
• Dhruva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A mother’s tears can become a sacred offering when joined to courage; compassion and steadfastness support spiritual pursuit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is prescribed; it depicts an emotional ‘upāyana’ (parting gift) imbued with dharma.