Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

तदवस्थां समालोक्य तां ताश्चतुरचेतसः । विज्ञाय सात्त्विकैर्भावैरिदमूचूः परस्परम्

Transliteration

tadavasthāṃ samālokya tāṃ tāścaturacetasaḥ | vijñāya sāttvikairbhāvairidamūcūḥ parasparam

Translation

Voyant son état, ces femmes à l’esprit avisé reconnurent qu’il provenait d’émotions sāttvika, et se dirent cela entre elles.

Word by Word

• tad-avasthām: that condition/state
• tad-avasthām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + avasthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc., 2nd), एकवचन (sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tasya avasthā)

• samālokya: having observed
• samālokya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-lok (धातु) (ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive, ल्यप्), ‘सम्+आ+लोक्’

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc., 2nd), एकवचन (sg.)

• tāḥ: they (those women)
• tāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nom., 1st), बहुवचन (pl.)

• catura-cetasaḥ: clever-minded
• catura-cetasaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catura (प्रातिपदिक) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nom.), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘चतुरं चेतो यस्याः’ (having clever minds)

• vijñāya: having understood
• vijñāya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-jñā (धातु) (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘वि+ज्ञा’

• sāttvikaiḥ: by pure/sattvic
• sāttvikaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāttvika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.)/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.) बहुवचन, तृतीया (Instr., 3rd); विशेषणम् (bhāvaiḥ)

• bhāvaiḥ: states/feelings
• bhāvaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (Instr., 3rd), बहुवचन (pl.)

• idam: this (speech/statement)
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Acc., 2nd), एकवचन (sg.)

• ūcuḥ: they said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (pl.); परस्मैपदम्; धातु: वच्—‘वक्ति’

• parasparam: to one another
• parasparam: Kriya-visheshana (Reciprocal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परस्परम्-शब्दः अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (reciprocal adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of composed, wise attendants observe the woman carefully; their faces shift from alarm to understanding; they confer quietly, indicating recognition of sāttvika emotion.

Characters & Entities

• Kalāvatī (implied)
• Paricāriṇyaḥ (attendants)
• Sāttvika-bhāvas
• Jñānavāpī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discerning devotees recognize pure spiritual emotions (sāttvika-bhāvas) and do not mistake them for ordinary disturbance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jñānavāpī (context), the sacred setting where these sāttvika signs manifest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.