Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

यत्रानुकूल्यं दंपत्योस्त्रिवर्गस्तत्र वर्धते । यदुच्यते पुराविद्भिरिति तत्तथ्यमीक्षितम्

Transliteration

yatrānukūlyaṃ daṃpatyostrivargastatra vardhate | yaducyate purāvidbhiriti tattathyamīkṣitam

Translation

Where there is mutual harmony between husband and wife, there the three aims of worldly life—dharma, artha, and kāma—flourish. What the wise of old declared has been seen to be true.

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• anukūlyam: mutual harmony, concord
• anukūlyam: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anukūlya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• daṃpatyoḥ: of the husband and wife
• daṃpatyoḥ: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃpatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (युग्मार्थे), षष्ठी (6), द्विवचन

• trivargaḥ: the threefold set (dharma-artha-kāma)
• trivargaḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + varga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणां वर्गः)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• vardhate: increases, prospers
• vardhate: Kriya (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma/Visheshya (that which)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ucyate: is said
• ucyate: Kriya (passive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• purāvidbhiḥ: by the ancient knowers
• purāvidbhiḥ: Karana (agent/instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāvid (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (purāṃ veda iti)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (thus)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshya (that)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tathyam: true
• tathyam: Visheshana (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tathya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (tat-विशेषण)

• īkṣitam: has been observed/ascertained
• īkṣitam: Kriya (predicate/result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īkṣ (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि ‘observed/ascertained’

Speaker

Kalāvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A harmonious couple performing a simple pūjā together—lamp, flowers, water vessel—symbolizing dharma; a granary/coins (artha) and a lotus/garland (kāma) appear as balanced motifs, all under a calm sacred canopy.

Characters & Entities

• Kalāvatī
• Trivarga (Dharma, Artha, Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder dharma succeeds when spouses support each other; harmony becomes the soil in which dharma and prosperity grow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this verse; it is ethical instruction within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse gives a dharmic principle for household life.