Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

अंगोद्वर्तन काले या त्वया मेंऽगुलितो हृता । नवरत्नमयीं शीघ्रं तामानीय प्रयच्छ मे

Transliteration

aṃgodvartana kāle yā tvayā meṃ'gulito hṛtā | navaratnamayīṃ śīghraṃ tāmānīya prayaccha me

Translation

«Celle que tu as ôtée de mon doigt lorsque tu frottais mon corps d’onguents : apporte-la vite, cette bague aux neuf gemmes, et remets-la-moi.»

Word by Word

• aṅga-udvartana: body-rubbing (massage)
• aṅga-udvartana: Sambandha (Genitive relation within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga+udvartana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासान्त), सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (aṅgasya udvartanaṃ) — used as first member in compound with kāla

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Masculine, locative singular

• yā: which (she/it)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Relative pronoun, feminine nominative singular

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3/तृतीया), एकवचन — Pronoun, instrumental singular

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Pronoun, genitive singular (enclitic)

• aṅgulitaḥ: from (my) finger
• aṅgulitaḥ: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅguli (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Feminine, ablative singular

• hṛtā: taken away
• hṛtā: Kriyā (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛ (हृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — PPP, feminine nominative singular; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘taken away’

• navaratnamayīm: made of nine gems
• navaratnamayīm: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava+ratna+maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Feminine accusative singular; समास: नवरत्नमयी (navaratnaiḥ mayī)

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Adverbial (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• tām: that (ring)
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Pronoun, feminine accusative singular

• ānīya: having brought
• ānīya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+nī (नी धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (ल्यप्/तुमुन्-न), ‘आनीय’ = ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund) — having brought

• prayaccha: give
• prayaccha: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+yam (यम् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative, 2nd person singular

• me: to me
• me: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4/चतुर्थी), एकवचन — Pronoun, dative singular (enclitic)

Speaker

Dīkṣita

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A close-up narrative moment: the speaker points to his bare finger, demanding the return of a navaratna ring allegedly removed during body-rubbing; attendants and puja items surround the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Dīkṣita
• Dīkṣitāyinī
• navaratna ring (śubhormikā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to valuables can provoke harsh speech; dharma asks for self-control and truth even in small domestic matters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Kāśī (Varanasi) in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on household dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Aṅgodvartana (body-rubbing with unguents) is mentioned as a context, not as a prescribed vrata.