Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

अमंदैश्चंदनरसैरभ्यषिंचदमुं परा । अशोकपल्लवैरस्याः काचिच्छोकमनीनशत्

Transliteration

amaṃdaiścaṃdanarasairabhyaṣiṃcadamuṃ parā | aśokapallavairasyāḥ kācicchokamanīnaśat

Translation

Une autre l’aspergea d’une abondante sève de santal; et une autre encore, avec des rameaux de feuilles d’aśoka, s’efforçait de chasser son chagrin.

Word by Word

• अमन्दैः: copious, abundant
• अमन्दैः: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन; (qualifying रसैः)

• चन्दनरसैः: with sandalwood juices/pastes
• चन्दनरसैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन + रस (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (चन्दनस्य रसैः)

• अभि: upon (prefix)
• अभि: Sambandha (Verb prefix/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग

• अषिञ्चत्: sprinkled, bathed
• अषिञ्चत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; धातु: सिच् (to sprinkle)

• अमुम्: him/that one
• अमुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative)

• परा: another (woman)
• परा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; (another woman)

• अशोकपल्लवैः: with aśoka shoots/leaves
• अशोकपल्लवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक + पल्लव (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (अशोकस्य पल्लवैः)

• अस्याः: of her
• अस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive)

• काचित्: a certain (woman)
• काचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: का + चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• शोकम्: sorrow
• शोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• अनीनशत्: removed, dispelled
• अनीनशत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; causative sense in usage: (made to perish/removed)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An attendant anoints/sprinkles abundant sandal essence; another waves or places aśoka leaf-sprays near her, symbolically ‘removing śoka’ while cooling her body.

Characters & Entities

• candana (sandalwood)
• aśoka (Ashoka tree)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes relieving both bodily heat and inner sorrow through gentle, sattvic means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-kṣetra context is implicit; no specific shrine or tīrtha is named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anointing/sprinkling with sandalwood liquid is described as a soothing upacāra, not as a formal vow-rite.