Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

कश्यपस्य च ते पत्न्यौ मारीचेः प्राक्प्रजापतेः । क्रीडंत्यावेकदान्योन्यं मुने ते ऊचतुस्त्विति

Transliteration

kaśyapasya ca te patnyau mārīceḥ prākprajāpateḥ | krīḍaṃtyāvekadānyonyaṃ mune te ūcatustviti

Translation

その二人は、プラジャーパティ・マリーチの系譜に属するカश्यパの妻であった。ある時、互いに戯れながら、彼女らはその牟尼に次のように告げた。

Word by Word

• कश्यपस्य: of Kaśyapa
• कश्यपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• ते: those (two)
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); द्विवचन; 'पत्न्यौ' इत्यस्य विशेषण/अन्वय

• पत्न्यौ: two wives
• पत्न्यौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); द्विवचन

• मारीचेः: of Mārīci
• मारीचेः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārīci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• प्राक्: formerly, earlier
• प्राक्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāk (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पूर्वकालवाचक (adverb: formerly/before)

• प्रजापतेः: of Prajāpati
• प्रजापतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• क्रीडन्त्यौ: playing
• क्रीडन्त्यौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √krīḍ (क्रीड्, धातु) + शतृ/शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (present active participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; द्विवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (acting as predicate of 'पत्न्यौ')

• एकदा: once
• एकदा: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ekadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• अन्योन्यम्: with each other
• अन्योन्यम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyonya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् परस्परवाचक-अव्ययप्रयोग (reciprocal adverbial use); द्वितीया-एकवचन-रूपेण अव्ययीभूत

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative); एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन; 'त्वम्' (implicit) प्रति

• ऊचतुः: they two said
• ऊचतुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्, धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• तु: indeed/then
• तु: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अनुक्रम (particle: but/indeed)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative mode)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kadrū and Vinatā, wives of Kaśyapa, play together in an āśrama garden; they turn toward the sage with a question, initiating the famed rivalry narrative.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Marīci
• Prajāpati
• Kadrū
• Vinatā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic instruction frequently unfolds through dialogue and exemplifies how casual actions can lead to karmic consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but this line is primarily narrative setup.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is mentioned.