Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

धारैका मूत्रयत्यस्मिन्दक्षिणावर्तिनी यदि । गंधश्च मीनमधुनोर्यदि वीर्ये तदा नृपः

Transliteration

dhāraikā mūtrayatyasmindakṣiṇāvartinī yadi | gaṃdhaśca mīnamadhunoryadi vīrye tadā nṛpaḥ

Translation

അവന്റെ മൂത്രം ഒരേയൊരു സ്ഥിരധാരയായി പുറപ്പെടുകയും വലത്തോട്ടു തിരിയുകയും ചെയ്‌താൽ, കൂടാതെ വീര്യത്തിൽ മീനും തേനും പോലെയുള്ള സുഗന്ധം ഉണ്ടെങ്കിൽ, അവൻ രാജാവാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• dhārā: stream/flow
• dhārā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ekā: single/one
• ekā: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (dhārāyāḥ)

• mūtrayati: urinates/lets urine flow
• mūtrayati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mūtra √mūtr (धातु; denominative)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asmin: in this (person/one)
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dakṣiṇāvartinī: right-turning
• dakṣiṇāvartinī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa + āvarta + inī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-निष्पन्न विशेषण (dakṣiṇāvartā asyāḥ)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात (conditional particle)

• gandhaḥ: smell/odor
• gandhaḥ: Karta/Viśeṣya
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• mīna: fish
• mīna: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: mīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग

• madhunoḥ: of honey (and ...)
• madhunoḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन; (genitive dual)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात

• vīrye: in the semen/virility
• vīrye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• nṛpaḥ: a king
• nṛpaḥ: Predicate/Viśeṣya (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate noun)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage explains specific auspicious physiological signs (single steady stream, right-turning; fragrance metaphors of fish and honey) as indicators of future kingship, using symbolic diagrams rather than explicit depiction.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Agastya
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Royal destiny is portrayed as a karmic fruition, described through traditional auspicious physiological signs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; it remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa discourse frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is observational rather than ritual-instructional.