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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8

यथायथा समैधिष्ट सा कन्या पितृमंदिरे । तथातथा पितुस्तस्याश्चिंता संववृधेतराम्

yathāyathā samaidhiṣṭa sā kanyā pitṛmaṃdire | tathātathā pitustasyāściṃtā saṃvavṛdhetarām

Plus la jeune fille s’épanouissait dans la demeure paternelle, plus encore grandissait, de jour en jour, l’inquiétude de son père à son sujet.

यथा-यथाas and as / the more
यथा-यथा:
Sambandha (Correlation/अन्वय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्त-यथा (correlative: ‘as…so…’, ‘the more…’)
समैधिष्टgrew, flourished
समैधिष्ट:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootएध् (धातु)
Formलुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः सम्
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कन्याthe girl
कन्या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पितृ-मन्दिरेin her father's house
पितृ-मन्दिरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पितुः मन्दिरे)
तथा-तथाso correspondingly
तथा-तथा:
Sambandha (Correlation/अन्वय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्त-तथा (correlative: ‘so and so / correspondingly’)
पितुःof (her) father
पितुः:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चिन्ताworry, concern
चिन्ता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
संववृधेincreased greatly
संववृधे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; उपसर्गः सम्
तराम्exceedingly
तराम्:
Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतराम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अतिशयार्थक (intensifier: ‘exceedingly/very much’)

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Scene: The maiden blossoms in youth within her father’s home; the father, though proud, is shown with furrowed brow—worry increasing as her maturity grows.

FAQs

Worldly attachments can turn even blessings into anxiety; dharma requires steadiness and trust while fulfilling responsibilities.

No specific tīrtha is named in this line; it belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s story sequence.

None; it narrates an inner moral-psychological state.