Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

कुमारोपि व्रतं कृत्वा विंदति स्त्रियमुत्तमाम् । संति व्रतानि बहुशो धनकामप्रदानि च

Transliteration

kumāropi vrataṃ kṛtvā viṃdati striyamuttamām | saṃti vratāni bahuśo dhanakāmapradāni ca

Translation

若者であっても、この誓願を修すれば最上の妻を得る。まことに、富と望む享楽を授ける誓願は数多くある。

Word by Word

• कुमारः: a young man
• कुमारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (particle: 'also/even')

• व्रतम्: a vow
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriyā (Gerundial subordinate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having done'

• विन्दति: obtains
• विन्दति: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्त्रियम्: a woman
• स्त्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• उत्तमाम्: excellent
• उत्तमाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• सन्ति: there are
• सन्ति: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• व्रतानि: vows
• व्रतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• बहुशः: in many ways
• बहुशः: Adhikaraṇa (Manner adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahuśas (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/आवृत्ति-अव्यय (adverb: 'many times/in many ways')

• धनकामप्रदानि: granting wealth and desires
• धनकामप्रदानि: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana+kāma+pradāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः: धनं च कामं च प्रददाति इति (bestowing wealth and desires)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young man completes the vow at Kāśī with offerings and receives the blessing of an excellent wife; symbolic pairing of dharma (ritual) and gṛhastha fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic vows are portrayed as dharma-based means to align life’s aims—marriage, prosperity, and fulfilled wishes—with sacred discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, where observances are linked to the city’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing the stated vow (vrata) is the prescription; the verse also notes the general category of vows that bestow wealth and desired outcomes.