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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

दंतकेशांबरादीनि नित्यं शोध्यानि यत्नतः । अनिष्टचिंता नो कार्या व्रतिना हृद्यपि क्वचित्

Transliteration

daṃtakeśāṃbarādīni nityaṃ śodhyāni yatnataḥ | aniṣṭaciṃtā no kāryā vratinā hṛdyapi kvacit

Translation

Teeth, hair, clothing, and the like should be cleansed daily with care. A vow-observer should never entertain harmful or inauspicious thoughts, not even within the heart.

Word by Word
दन्तtooth/teeth
दन्त:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem used as compound member)
केशhair
केश:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem used as compound member)
अम्बरgarment/cloth
अम्बर:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem used as compound member)
आदीनिetc., and similar things
आदीनि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootआदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ = “and the like” (used to form ‘...-ādīni’)
दन्तकेशाम्बरादीनिteeth, hair, garments, and the like (items)
दन्तकेशाम्बरादीनि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदन्त + केश + अम्बर + आदि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective copulative)
नित्यम्always, regularly
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
शोध्यानिshould be cleaned
शोध्यानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुध् (धातु) + य (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त (भाव्य/तव्यत्-अर्थ), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; “to be cleaned/purified”
यत्नतःcarefully, with effort
यत्नतः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)
अनिष्टचिन्ताinauspicious thinking
अनिष्टचिन्ता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअनिष्ट + चिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भाव: “unwanted/inauspicious thought”
नःof us/for us
नः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, बहुवचन; enclitic pronoun
कार्याto be done
कार्या:
Predicate (Vidheyā/विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) + य (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formकृदन्त (भाव्य/तव्यत्-अर्थ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “to be done” (here with negation: “should not be done”)
व्रतिनाby the observer of a vow
व्रतिना:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
हृदिin the heart/mind
हृदि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
अपिeven, also
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
हृद्यपिeven in the heart
हृद्यपि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहृदि + अपि (सन्धि)
Formसन्धि-रूप; ‘हृदि’ (सप्तमी) + ‘अपि’ (निपात)
क्वचित्ever, at any time
क्वचित्:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्वचित् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; काल/देशवाचक (adverb of time/place)
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vrata-observer in Kāśī at dawn: washing, combing hair, cleaning teeth, donning clean cloth; behind, the Gaṅgā ghāṭa and a distant temple spire; a subtle halo suggests inner vigilance against dark thought-forms.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śauca
V
Vrata
K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

True vrata is both outer and inner: cleanliness of body and belongings, and purity of thought.

The instruction is embedded in Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred discourse, aligning personal purity with the holiness of Kāśī.

Daily cleaning of teeth, hair, and clothing; and mental discipline to avoid inauspicious thinking.

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