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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

पूर्वं स्त्रियः सुरैर्भुक्ताः सोमगंधर्व वह्निभिः । भुंजते मानुषाः पश्चान्नैतादुष्यं ति केनचित्

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ striyaḥ surairbhuktāḥ somagaṃdharva vahnibhiḥ | bhuṃjate mānuṣāḥ paścānnaitāduṣyaṃ ti kenacit

Translation

D’abord, les femmes furent ‘prises’ mystiquement par les Devas—Soma, les Gandharvas et Agni ; ensuite les humains s’unissent à elles dans le mariage. Ainsi, en cela, nul n’encourt d’impureté.

Word by Word
पूर्वम्formerly, earlier
पूर्वम्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘पूर्वे/पूर्वकालम्’
स्त्रियःwomen
स्त्रियः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तृपद (subject)
सुरैःby the gods
सुरैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण/सहकारक-प्रयोग (‘सुरैः’ = by the gods)
भुक्ताःwere enjoyed/consumed
भुक्ताः:
Karma (Object/कर्म) (in passive sense)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘स्त्रियः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण (agreeing with subject)
सोमगंधर्ववह्निभिःby Soma, the Gandharvas, and Fire
सोमगंधर्ववह्निभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वह्नि/अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्वसमास (इतरेतर), तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण (by Soma, Gandharvas, and Fire)
भुञ्जतेenjoy/consume
भुञ्जते:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद
मानुषाःhumans/men
मानुषाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता
पश्चात्afterwards
पश्चात्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपश्चात् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘अनन्तरम्’
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (particle of negation)
एतत्this (act/thing)
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object)
दुष्यन्तिbecome tainted/impure
दुष्यन्ति:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदुष् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
केनचित्by anyone (at all)
केनचित्:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘कस्यचित्’ = by anyone; करण
Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic scene in Kāśī: a sage expounds that Soma, Gandharvas, and Agni mystically precede human marriage, dissolving notions of impurity; subtle divine presences hover above a domestic wedding setting.

Characters & Entities
S
Soma
G
Gandharvas
A
Agni (Vahni)
D
Devas

FAQs

It frames marriage-related purity as upheld by divine order, discouraging needless notions of defilement.

The teaching occurs within Kāśīkhaṇḍa, reinforcing Kāśī’s dharma-framework rather than naming a single tirtha in this verse.

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it provides a doctrinal rationale concerning purity in marital context.

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