Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

इह कीर्तिश्च विपुला स्वर्गेवासस्तथाऽक्षयः । पातिव्रत्यात्स्त्रिया लभ्यं सखित्वं च श्रिया सह

Transliteration

iha kīrtiśca vipulā svargevāsastathā'kṣayaḥ | pātivratyātstriyā labhyaṃ sakhitvaṃ ca śriyā saha

Translation

De la vertu de pativratā d’une femme naissent une vaste renommée en ce monde, une demeure impérissable au ciel, et même la compagnie de Śrī (la Fortune) elle-même.

Word by Word

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: अधिकरण (Adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कीर्तिः: fame
• कीर्तिः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction), अव्यय

• विपुला: abundant/great
• विपुला: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); कीर्तिः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• वासः: dwelling/abode
• वासः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: सम्बन्ध (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक (in like manner)

• अक्षयः: imperishable
• अक्षयः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); वासः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पातिव्रत्यात्: from wifely fidelity
• पातिव्रत्यात्: हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातिव्रत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular)

• स्त्रिया: by a woman
• स्त्रिया: कर्ता (Agent, in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• लभ्यम्: obtainable
• लभ्यम्: विधेय (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लभ् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); ‘प्राप्य/लभ्य’ = obtainable

• सखित्वम्: friendship
• सखित्वम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction), अव्यय

• श्रिया: with Śrī / fortune
• श्रिया: सहकारक-सम्बन्ध (Accompaniment, with saha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• सह: together with
• सह: सह (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable), तृतीया-सहयोगी

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage/audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Allegorical tableau: a pativratā woman stands with calm dignity; behind her appear symbols of fame (garlands, bards), heaven (celestial city), and Śrī as Lakṣmī offering companionship—lotus, coins, auspicious light.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī/Prosperity)
• Pativratā (ideal of wifely vow)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma yields both worldly honor and enduring spiritual fruit; pativratā conduct is praised as a direct cause of such phala.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on dharma-phala rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse presents a moral teaching about the fruits of pativratā-dharma.