Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
Devanagari script
अतिप्रिया भवित्री मे यद्बाल ब्रह्मचारिणी । अनेनैव शरीरेण दिव्यावयवभूषणा
Transliteration
atipriyā bhavitrī me yadbāla brahmacāriṇī | anenaiva śarīreṇa divyāvayavabhūṣaṇā
Translation
Que cette jeune fille, brahmacāriṇī au vœu de chasteté, me devienne infiniment chère—ornée, en ce même corps, de membres et d’ornements divins.
Word by Word
अतिप्रियाvery dear
अतिप्रिया:
Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअति (अव्यय) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः = कर्मधारयः (‘अत्यन्तं प्रिया’)
भवित्री(she) will be
भवित्री:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (धातु) → भवितृ (कृदन्त/तृच्)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-तृच् (agent noun)
मेof me, my
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
यत्since/that
यत्:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (correlative ‘since/that’)
बालO child
बाल:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
ब्रह्मचारिणीa brahmacāriṇī (celibate student)
ब्रह्मचारिणी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्म (प्रातिपदिक) + चारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः = तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणि चारिणी = ‘celibate/student’)
अनेनwith this
अनेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
एवindeed, only
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
शरीरेणwith (this) body
शरीरेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन
दिव्यdivine
दिव्य:
Sambandha (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद)
अवयवlimb, body-part
अवयव:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअवयव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिकम्; समासाङ्ग (मध्यपद)
भूषणाadorned (with divine limbs/ornaments)
भूषणा:
Karta (Subject complement/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभूष् (धातु) → भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः = तत्पुरुषः (दिव्य-अवयव-भूषणा = ‘adorned with divine limbs/ornaments’)
Speaker
Śrī Devī (Pārvatī)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A youthful brahmacāriṇī maiden, modest yet radiant, envisioned as becoming exceedingly dear, her form described as divinely adorned while retaining the same body.
Characters & Entities
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Brahmacāriṇī (as a state/virtue)FAQs
Purity (brahmacarya) and divine refinement are praised as qualities that make companionship spiritually elevating.
No tirtha is directly mentioned; the context remains Kāśī Khaṇḍa.
The verse implies brahmacarya as a vow-like discipline, but no specific rite is detailed.