Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

संपत्स्यंतेऽद्य ते कामाः सर्वे ये चिरचिंतिताः । अबला सा च मुग्धा च तस्यास्त्राता न कश्चन

Transliteration

saṃpatsyaṃte'dya te kāmāḥ sarve ye ciraciṃtitāḥ | abalā sā ca mugdhā ca tasyāstrātā na kaścana

Translation

«Aujourd’hui s’accompliront tous les désirs que tu as longtemps nourris. Elle est sans force et candide, et nul ne se trouve pour la protéger.»

Word by Word

• saṃpatsyante: will be fulfilled/come to pass
• saṃpatsyante: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam√pad (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘सम्पत्स्यन्ते’ = will come to pass/occur

• adya: today
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• kāmāḥ: desires
• kāmāḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘कामाḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ye: which
• ye: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक-यः (relative pronoun)

• cira-cintitāḥ: long contemplated
• cira-cintitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of kāmāḥ/ye)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cira (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + cintita (कृदन्त; √cint)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘चिरं चिन्तिताः’ = long-thought-of

• abalā: weak/helpless
• abalā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction: and)

• mugdhā: bewildered/naive
• mugdhā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mugdhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• trātā: protector
• trātā: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trātṛ (प्रातिपदिक; from √trā ‘to protect’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: not/no
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• kaścana: anyone
• kaścana: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ka (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + cana (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

Speaker

A female messenger (dūtī) addressing the demon-king (daityapati)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A villain is told his long-held desires will be fulfilled because the target is helpless and unprotected; the scene is charged with pathos and impending divine justice.

Characters & Entities

• Daityapati (demon-king)
• Dūtī (female messenger)
• The helpless lady (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse dramatizes adharma: exploiting the unprotected is condemned; dharma demands protection of the vulnerable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred landscape of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though no particular tīrtha is specified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.