Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 200

Devanagari script

यावद्बहिः समागच्छेद्रम्याद्रत्नेशमंडपात । तावद्गंधर्वराजाय ताभिः स वसुभूतये

Transliteration

yāvadbahiḥ samāgacchedramyādratneśamaṃḍapāta | tāvadgaṃdharvarājāya tābhiḥ sa vasubhūtaye

Translation

As soon as he came out from the lovely pavilion of Ratneśa, at that very moment those women—acting for prosperity—presented the matter to the king of the Gandharvas.

Word by Word

• यावत्: until / as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (यावत्-तावत्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/कालपर्यन्तबोधक अव्यय (correlative: ‘as long as/until’)

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘outside’)

• समागच्छेत्: would come/should come
• समागच्छेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: सम्-आ-

• रम्यात्: from the beautiful (place)
• रम्यात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; (here qualifying the source-place)

• रत्नेशमण्डपात्: from Ratneśa’s pavilion
• रत्नेशमण्डपात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्नेश + मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रत्नेशस्य मण्डपः)

• तावत्: then / so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (यावत्-तावत्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: तावत्-यावत् सहसंबन्धि अव्यय (correlative: ‘then/so long’)

• गन्धर्वराजाय: to the king of Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वराजाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गन्धर्वाणां राजा)

• ताभिः: by/with them
• ताभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वसुभूतये: for prosperity/wealth
• वसुभूतये: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु + भूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वसूनां/धनस्य भूतिḥ = prosperity/wealth)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśa/Ratneśvara

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A man exits a splendid Ratneśa pavilion; nearby, women urgently approach or send word to the Gandharva-king, conveying their plea for prosperity; the maṇḍapa gleams behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Ratneśa (Ratneśvara)
• Gandharvarāja
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage spaces in Kāśī are depicted as meeting-points of human and celestial orders, where outcomes (even prosperity) unfold through sacred proximity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ratneśa/Ratneśvara maṇḍapa (pavilion) in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse is a narrative connector emphasizing the power of the Ratneśvara precinct.