Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

गताथ व्योममार्गेण सखीभिः स्वपितुर्गृहम् । कथयंती निजोदंतं तमालीनां पुरो मुदा

Transliteration

gatātha vyomamārgeṇa sakhībhiḥ svapiturgṛham | kathayaṃtī nijodaṃtaṃ tamālīnāṃ puro mudā

Translation

Then, traveling by the path of the sky with her sakhīs, she went to her father’s house, joyfully recounting her own experience before the Tamālī maidens.

Word by Word

• gatā: having gone
• gatā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि: 'having gone/went'

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle: 'then')

• vyomamārgeṇa: by the sky-path
• vyomamārgeṇa: Karana (Instrument/Path/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyoma + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vyomasya mārgaḥ)

• sakhībhiḥ: with (her) friends
• sakhībhiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• svapituḥ: of her own father
• svapituḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (svasya pitā)

• gṛham: house
• gṛham: Karman (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kathayantī: telling, narrating
• kathayantī: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ् धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन

• nija: her own
• nija: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (udantam इत्यस्य)

• udantam: news, account
• udantam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tamālīnām: of the Tamālīs (women named Tamālī)
• tamālīnām: Sambandha (To/among whom/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tamālī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• puraḥ: in front
• puraḥ: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण-देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puras (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'in front/before')

• mudā: with joy
• mudā: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda to Agastya) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśa-liṅga (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Umā (frame) / audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The maiden and her friends glide through the night sky back to her father’s house, animatedly narrating the boon; a group of Tamālī maidens awaits, listening with delight.

Characters & Entities

• Tamālī (group of maidens)
• Gandharva-maiden

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace received at a tīrtha becomes living testimony—devotees naturally share the fruits of worship with their community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Ratneśvara Liṅga, the source-event behind her joyful report.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the aftermath of the boon and the devotee’s joyful recounting.