Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

शिष्यं पुत्रेण पश्यंति वस्त्र तांबूल भोजनैः । अलंकृताश्च सत्कन्या धर्मा दुद्वाहयंति च

Transliteration

śiṣyaṃ putreṇa paśyaṃti vastra tāṃbūla bhojanaiḥ | alaṃkṛtāśca satkanyā dharmā dudvāhayaṃti ca

Translation

弟子を子のように見て、衣と檳榔と食をもって養う。またダルマに則り、飾られ敬われた良家の娘たちの婚姻を整える。

Word by Word

• शिष्यम्: a disciple/student
• शिष्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• पुत्रेण: as/with a son
• पुत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन (masc. instr. sg.)

• पश्यन्ति: they regard/see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd pl. pres.)

• वस्त्रैः: with clothes
• वस्त्रैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (neut. instr. pl.)

• ताम्बूलैः: with betel (offerings)
• ताम्बूलैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāmbūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (neut. instr. pl.)

• भोजनैः: with food
• भोजनैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (neut. instr. pl.)

• अलंकृताः: adorned
• अलंकृताः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alaṃkṛ (धातु) → alaṃkṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masc. nom. pl.); विशेषण

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

• सत्कन्याः: good maidens
• सत्कन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (fem. nom. pl.); कर्मधारयः (सत्-कन्या = good maidens)

• धर्मात्: for righteousness/from duty
• धर्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (masc. abl. sg.); पाठे ‘धर्मा’ इति सम्भाव्यं, अर्थतः ‘धर्मात्/धर्मेण’

• दुद्वाहयन्ति: they marry off (cause to be married)
• दुद्वाहयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दु + वह् (धातु) → द्वाहय (णिजन्त)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative: cause to marry)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

Speaker

Gaṇas (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vidyādhara-loka (as described)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śivaśarmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate Vidyādhara elder places a shawl on a student like a father; attendants offer food and tāmbūla. Nearby, an auspicious wedding scene: honored, adorned maidens led to a dharmic marriage rite.

Characters & Entities

• Guru-śiṣya (teacher-disciple ideal)
• Satkanyā (virtuous maidens)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is lived through familial care for students and righteous social responsibilities like hospitality and marriage rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the description of the Vidyādhara realm within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Support of disciples (annadāna, vastradāna, hospitality) and dhārmic arrangement of marriages (vivāha) are indicated.