Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ततः श्रीदर्श नानंद सुधाधाराधुनीं मुनिः । अवगाह्य सपत्नीकः परां मुदमवाप सः

Transliteration

tataḥ śrīdarśa nānaṃda sudhādhārādhunīṃ muniḥ | avagāhya sapatnīkaḥ parāṃ mudamavāpa saḥ

Translation

Alors le sage, avec son épouse, s’immergea dans ce courant semblable à un fleuve, flot d’ambroisie de béatitude né de la vision de Śrī ; et il obtint la joie suprême.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तद्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb ‘then/thereafter’)

• श्रीदर्श: O Śrīdarśa
• श्रीदर्श: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘श्रीमान् दर्शः’/‘श्रीदर्श’ नाम)

• नानन्द: O joyless one
• नानन्द: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न (अव्यय) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन; नञ्-समास (न + आनन्दः = ‘without joy’); सम्बोधन

• सुधाधाराधुनीम्: the nectar-stream river
• सुधाधाराधुनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + धारा (प्रातिपदिक) + धुनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘सुधायाः धारा’ + ‘धुनी’ = ‘river of streams of nectar’)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अवगाह्य: having immersed (bathed)
• अवगाह्य: Kriya (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + गाह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव-उपसर्गपूर्वक गाह्-धातोः; ‘having bathed/immersed’

• सपत्नी-कः: together with (his) wife
• सपत्नी-कः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/पूर्वपद) + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुषः (‘पत्नी-सहितः’); विशेषणं मुनिः

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषणं मुदम्

• मुदम्: joy
• मुदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• अवाप: attained
• अवाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अव-उपसर्ग

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Pārāśarya (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suddhādhārā-dhunī of Śrī-darśana-ānanda (as named in the verse)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage and his wife descend into a luminous stream that looks like flowing nectar; the water glows as if born from Lakṣmī’s auspicious vision; their faces show serene, supreme joy after bathing.

Characters & Entities

• Sage (muni)
• Patnī (wife)
• Śrī (auspicious divine presence)
• Sudhā (nectar)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with sanctified presence—experienced as a tīrtha-like immersion—transforms the heart and yields higher joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred ‘flow’ is praised in metaphor; the precise named tīrtha is not specified in this single verse, but it functions within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avagāha (ritual immersion/bathing) is indicated, paired with devotional experience (Śrī-darśana).