Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

तदातदेति त्वं ब्रूया नाथेदानीं स निर्गतः । अधीत्याध्ययनार्थं च द्वित्रैर्मित्रैः सयुग्बहिः

Transliteration

tadātadeti tvaṃ brūyā nāthedānīṃ sa nirgataḥ | adhītyādhyayanārthaṃ ca dvitrairmitraiḥ sayugbahiḥ

Translation

「あなたはいつも『その時その時』と言うばかりだ。だが今、奥方よ、彼はすでに外へ出た。二、三人の友と連れ立ち、学び終えて、さらに学ぶために。」

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• तदा: at that time (repeated)
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-कालवाचक-अव्यय

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ब्रूयाः: you should say
• ब्रूयाः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नाथ: O lord/dear (address)
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

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

• निर्गतः: has gone out/departed
• निर्गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (predicate participle)

• अधीत्य: having studied
• अधीत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि + इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• अध्ययनार्थम्: for the purpose of study
• अध्ययनार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्ययन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषः (अध्ययनस्य अर्थः/अर्थम् = for the purpose of study)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• द्वित्रैः: with two or three
• द्वित्रैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (द्वौ च त्रयश्च)

• मित्रैः: with friends
• मित्रैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सयुग्: together/with a companion
• सयुग्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + युग् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (सम्-उपसर्गार्थे 'सह' = together)

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

Speaker

Dīkṣita

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Wife

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The wife explains the boy went out with two or three friends after studying; the father’s suspicion grows; the doorway frames the outside world as morally ambiguous.

Characters & Entities

• Dīkṣita
• son (tanaya)
• friends (mitra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Study (adhyayana) is affirmed as a dharmic pursuit, and truthful clarity in speech is expected within family life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the broader sacred canvas of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa; this verse itself is not a tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse mentions adhyayana (study) as an activity.