Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

अहं यास्यामि सदनं त्वष्टुस्त्वं पुनरत्र मे । भवने वस कल्याणि निर्विशंकं ममाज्ञया

Transliteration

ahaṃ yāsyāmi sadanaṃ tvaṣṭustvaṃ punaratra me | bhavane vasa kalyāṇi nirviśaṃkaṃ mamājñayā

Translation

ഞാൻ ത്വഷ്ടൃയുടെ ഭവനത്തിലേക്കു പോകും; നീ, ഹേ കല്യാണി, എന്റെ ആജ്ഞപ്രകാരം ഇവിടെ എന്റെ വീട്ടിൽ ഭയമില്ലാതെ വസിക്കൂ।

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यास्यामि: I will go
• यास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• सदनम्: to the house/dwelling
• सदनम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वष्टुः: of Tvaṣṭṛ
• त्वष्टुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुनः: again/then
• पुनः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अव्यय-प्रकारः: देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवने: in the house
• भवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वस: stay/dwell
• वस: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• कल्याणि: O auspicious one
• कल्याणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• निर्विशङ्कम्: without fear/doubt
• निर्विशङ्कम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निर्विशङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), रूपम्: नपुंसक-एकवचन-द्वितीया-आकारेण प्रयुक्तम् (adverbial accusative)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• आज्ञया: by (my) command
• आज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Saṃjñā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Saṃjñā announces her journey to Tvaṣṭṛ’s abode; Chāyā is instructed to remain in Saṃjñā’s home, reassured to stay fearless; a sense of impending separation pervades.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃjñā
• Tvaṣṭṛ
• Chāyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse underscores duty and delegated responsibility, while foreshadowing how concealment can complicate household dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.