Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

यावत्स्वलोमसंख्यास्ति तावत्कोट्ययुतानि च । भर्त्रा स्वर्गसुखं भुंक्ते रममाणा पतिव्रता

Transliteration

yāvatsvalomasaṃkhyāsti tāvatkoṭyayutāni ca | bhartrā svargasukhaṃ bhuṃkte ramamāṇā pativratā

Translation

Autant il y a de poils sur son corps, autant de crores et de dizaines de millions d’années : l’épouse fidèle, dans la joie, goûte le bonheur du ciel avec son époux.

Word by Word

• yāvat: as much as / as long as
• yāvat: Adhikarana (Temporal/measure adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध-परिमाणवाचक/यावत्-तावत्-युग्म), correl. adverb ‘as much/as long as’

• sva-loma-saṃkhyā: the number of one’s body-hairs
• sva-loma-saṃkhyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + loma (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य लोमानां संख्या)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tāvat: that much / for that long
• tāvat: Adhikarana (Measure adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाणवाचक), correl. adverb ‘so much/that much’

• koṭi-ayutāni: crores of ten-thousands (vast multitudes)
• koṭi-ayutāni: Karta (Subject complement/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + ayuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कोटीनां अयुतानि = ‘ten-thousands of crores’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• bhartrā: by/with the husband
• bhartrā: Sahakari/Karana (Agent/means; ‘with/through the husband’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• svarga-sukham: heavenly happiness
• svarga-sukham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वर्गस्य सुखम्)

• bhuṃkte: enjoys
• bhuṃkte: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (भुज् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ramamāṇā: delighting/joyfully enjoying
• ramamāṇā: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ram (रम् धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (शानच्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी वर्तमान कृदन्त (enjoying/delighting)

• pativratā: a devoted wife (pativratā)
• pativratā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक) + vratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पतेः व्रता = devoted to husband)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; narrative teaching voice in Kāśī-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted wife and husband seated together in a luminous svarga-vimāna, surrounded by celestial gardens; the wife’s aura signifies her vrata’s merit.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic text magnifies the long-lasting fruit (phala) of steadfast marital dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No distinct tīrtha is named; the teaching occurs within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the phala (result) rather than a specific observance.