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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

कृष्णः स एव भर्तृघ्न्याः पुंश्चल्याश्च प्रकीर्तितः । नाभेरधस्तात्तिलकं मशको लांछनं शुभम्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇaḥ sa eva bhartṛghnyāḥ puṃścalyāśca prakīrtitaḥ | nābheradhastāttilakaṃ maśako lāṃchanaṃ śubham

Translation

Cette marque très sombre est dite signe d’une tueuse de mari et d’une femme portée à l’inconduite. Mais une marque semblable à un tilaka sous le nombril—et un grain de beauté de bon augure en forme de moustique—sont tenus pour favorables.

Word by Word
कृष्णःKṛṣṇa (name)
कृष्णः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
सःhe
सः:
Anvaya/Co-referent (अन्वय)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
भर्तृघ्न्याःof the husband-slayer (woman)
भर्तृघ्न्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृघ्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
पुंश्चल्याःof the unchaste woman
पुंश्चल्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपुंश्चली (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
प्रकीर्तितःis proclaimed/said
प्रकीर्तितः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (passive sense: 'is proclaimed')
नाभेःof the navel
नाभेः:
Adhikarana/Relation (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
अधस्तात्below
अधस्तात्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधस्तात् (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)
तिलकम्a mark/tilaka
तिलकम्:
Karta/Predicate-noun (कर्तृ/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootतिलक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
मशकःa mosquito
मशकः:
Visheshana/Identifier (विशेषण/लक्षण)
TypeNoun
Rootमशक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
लाञ्छनम्a sign/mark
लाञ्छनम्:
Karta/Predicate-noun (कर्तृ/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootलाञ्छन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
शुभम्auspicious
शुभम्:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava) and/or assembled sages (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic scene: Skanda (or the speaker) instructs a sage/assembly on auspicious and inauspicious bodily marks—tilaka-like sign below the navel and a small mosquito-shaped mole—contrasted with ominous dark marks; palm-leaf manuscript and ritual setting implied.

FAQs

It frames marital harmony as linked with dharmic discernment—choosing a spouse carefully and valuing auspiciousness for household welfare.

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader Kāśī-dharma context.

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa) is prescribed; it is an omens/characteristics passage connected to marriage.

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