Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

व्यपेतसंज्वरा चाथ गंधर्वतनया मुने । उचितज्ञेति होवाच ताः सखीः स्रिग्धधो रधीः

Transliteration

vyapetasaṃjvarā cātha gaṃdharvatanayā mune | ucitajñeti hovāca tāḥ sakhīḥ srigdhadho radhīḥ

Translation

Entonces, cuando la hija del Gandharva quedó libre de su fiebre, ella, de ánimo suave y afectuoso, habló al sabio y a sus compañeras, diciendo: «Vosotras que sabéis lo que es debido…».

Word by Word

• व्यपेतसंज्वरā: (she) whose fever/heat had subsided
• व्यपेतसंज्वरā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यपेत-संज्वर (प्रातिपदिक; व्यपेत = वि+अपि+इ (धातु) क्त; संज्वर = प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-सदृशः—‘व्यपेतः संज्वरः यस्याः सा’ (अर्थतः बहुव्रीहिवत् प्रयोगः)

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

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (adverb/particle: then/now)

• गन्धर्वतनया: the Gandharva’s daughter
• गन्धर्वतनया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व-तनया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—गन्धर्वस्य तनया

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• उचितज्ञा: (she) the knower of propriety
• उचितज्ञा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उचितज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—उचितं जानाति इति ‘उचितज्ञा’ (one who knows what is proper)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ताः: them
• ताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सखीः: (her) friends
• सखीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• स्रिग्धधो: unclear (corrupt/uncertain reading)
• स्रिग्धधो: Unclear
• Type: Noun
• Root: (पाठदोष/अस्पष्ट)
• Form: अस्पष्टपदम्; सम्भाव्यं ‘स्निग्धाः’/‘स्निग्धधियः’ इत्यादि; उपलब्ध-पाठे रूपनिर्णयः निश्चयेन न शक्यते

• रधीः: unclear (corrupt/uncertain reading)
• रधीः: Unclear
• Type: Noun
• Root: (पाठदोष/अस्पष्ट)
• Form: अस्पष्टपदम्; सम्भाव्यं ‘राधीः/रधीः’ इत्यादि; विभक्ति-वचन-निर्णयः अनिश्चितः

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda to Agastya, implied Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recovered Gandharva maiden, fever gone, sits among intimate sakhīs in a Kāśī courtyard, her face softened with relief as she begins to speak.

Characters & Entities

• Gandharva
• Ratnāvalī (implied in sequence)
• Sakhīs (female companions)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights composure and discernment—acting according to what is proper (ucita) after overcoming distress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself is narrative setup rather than direct tīrtha praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.