Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

एतां संवृणु सद्वृत्तां पितृभक्तियुता भव । श्वशुरोपि हि ते मान्यः सर्वत्र गुणशीलतः

Transliteration

etāṃ saṃvṛṇu sadvṛttāṃ pitṛbhaktiyutā bhava | śvaśuropi hi te mānyaḥ sarvatra guṇaśīlataḥ

Translation

Terimalah dan peliharalah istri yang berperilaku baik ini, serta berteguhlah dalam bhakti kepada ayahmu. Sebab mertuamu pun patut dihormati di mana pun, karena kebajikan dan wataknya yang luhur.

Word by Word

• एताम्: this (woman)
• एताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• संवृणु: choose/accept
• संवृणु: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (धातु) उपसर्ग-सम्
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सद्वृत्ताम्: of good conduct
• सद्वृत्ताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘एताम्’)

• पितृभक्तियुता: endowed with devotion to (your) father
• पितृभक्तियुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the addressed ‘त्वम्’ understood)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• श्वशुरः: father-in-law
• श्वशुरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (6th Genitive or 4th Dative), एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (your)

• मान्यः: worthy of respect
• मान्यः: Pradhāna (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य (प्रातिपदिक; √मन् (धातु) से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देश/व्याप्त्यर्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: everywhere)

• गुणशीलतः: because of (his) virtues and character
• गुणशीलतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + शील (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिलन्त (ablatival adverb), हेत्वर्थे; द्वन्द्व-समास (गुण + शील)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) narrating to Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: young householder

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful household scene: the young man bows to his father and honors his father-in-law; the wife stands modestly; offerings of water/flowers; a small domestic shrine indicates dharmic life in Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• father
• father-in-law
• wife

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma in household life includes honoring one’s spouse and revering elders—father and father-in-law—because virtue deserves respect.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred frame of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse focuses on dharma of relationships rather than a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it prescribes social and familial dharma—pitṛ-bhakti and honoring elders.