Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77
Devanagari script
इति रत्नावली श्रुत्वा ससंदेहां च तद्गिरम् । वयस्यास्तदवाप्तौ मे यूयं कुंठि मुमूर्छ ह
Transliteration
iti ratnāvalī śrutvā sasaṃdehāṃ ca tadgiram | vayasyāstadavāptau me yūyaṃ kuṃṭhi mumūrcha ha
Translation
その言葉を聞いたラトナーヴァリーは、なお疑いを抱きつつ仲間に言った。「私のために彼を得ようとして、あなたがたはためらっている。」そう言いかけて気を失い倒れた。
Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्ति-बोधक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
रत्नावलीRatnāvalī (name)
रत्नावली:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरत्नावली (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having heard)
ससंदेहाम्doubtful; with doubt
ससंदेहाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootस-सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); उपसर्ग-सहित विशेषण (with doubt)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
तत्that (of her)
तत्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular) — समासपूर्वपद (that/her)
गिरम्speech; words
गिरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
वयस्याःfemale companions
वयस्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
तत्that (of it)
तत्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular) — समासपूर्वपद (that)
अवाप्तौin obtaining; in the attainment
अवाप्तौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअवाप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular) — एन्क्लिटिक रूप
यूयम्you (all)
यूयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
कुंठिdullness; bluntness
कुंठि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकुंठि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणार्थे (used adjectivally: dullness)
मुमूर्छyou became faint / swooned
मुमूर्छ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमूर्छ् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular) — (पाठान्तर/अशुद्धि सम्भावना; अपेक्षितं: मुमूर्च्छ/मुमूर्छथ)
हindeed
ह:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual); Ratnāvalī speaks within the verse
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Ratnāvalī, pale and trembling, speaks with doubt to her friends; mid-sentence she swoons, attendants reaching to support her.
Characters & Entities
R
RatnāvalīFAQs
Worldly anxiety and doubt can overwhelm the mind; the narrative prepares the ground for divine remedy beyond ordinary effort.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography; this verse itself narrates Ratnāvalī’s distress rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
None; it describes doubt, speech, and fainting.