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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यावद्वेदमधीते च चरन्वेदव्रतानि च । ब्रह्मचारी भवेत्तावदूर्ध्वं स्नातो गृही भवेत्

Transliteration

yāvadvedamadhīte ca caranvedavratāni ca | brahmacārī bhavettāvadūrdhvaṃ snāto gṛhī bhavet

Translation

ヴェーダを学び、ヴェーダの戒律を守るあいだは、彼はブラフマチャーリーとしてとどまるべきである。のちに学生期を終え、結業の沐浴（スナーナ）を行って、家住者（グリハスタ）となるべきである。

Word by Word
यावत्as long as
यावत्:
Temporal correlate (काल-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध)
Formअव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्ध (correlative) ‘as long as’
वेदम्the Veda
वेदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
अधीतेstudies
अधीते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-√इ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
चरन्practicing/observing
चरन्:
Karta (Agent participle qualifying implied subject)
TypeAdjective
Root√चर् (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘while practicing’
वेदव्रतानिVedic vows/observances
वेदव्रतानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: वेदस्य व्रतानि (vows related to the Veda)
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात
ब्रह्मचारीa brahmacārin (celibate student)
ब्रह्मचारी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
भवेत्should be
भवेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
तावत्so long
तावत्:
Temporal correlate (काल-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध)
Formअव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्ध ‘so long/that long’
ऊर्ध्वम्afterwards
ऊर्ध्वम्:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘afterwards/thereafter’
स्नातःhaving bathed (after completion)
स्नातः:
Visheshana (Predicate adjective of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्नात (कृदन्त; √स्ना धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘having bathed’
गृहीa householder
गृही:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootगृहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘householder’
भवेत्should become
भवेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Gaṅgā within Kāśī as the implied snāna setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General dharma audience; especially students and householders

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A student completes Veda-study, performs the concluding bath at a riverbank (Gaṅgā), then is shown receiving blessings as a snātaka ready for household life; Kāśī ghāṭs and sunrise frame the rite of completion.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda
A
Agastya
K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

Life is structured as dharmic stages: learning and restraint first, then responsibility and sacred household duty.

Kāśī is the narrative frame, presenting the city as a traditional center for Vedic study and āśrama-based dharma.

It indicates the completion of brahmacarya through the concluding bath (snāna) before entering gṛhastha.

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