Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

इह कीर्तिश्च विपुला स्वर्गेवासस्तथाऽक्षयः । पातिव्रत्यात्स्त्रिया लभ्यं सखित्वं च श्रिया सह

Transliteration

iha kīrtiśca vipulā svargevāsastathā'kṣayaḥ | pātivratyātstriyā labhyaṃ sakhitvaṃ ca śriyā saha

Translation

സ്ത്രീയുടെ പാതിവ്രത്യത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഈ ലോകത്ത് മഹത്തായ കീർത്തി, സ്വർഗത്തിൽ അക്ഷയ വാസം, കൂടാതെ ശ്രീ (ലക്ഷ്മി)യോടുള്ള സഖ്യവും ലഭിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: अधिकरण (Adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कीर्तिः: fame
• कीर्तिः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction), अव्यय

• विपुला: abundant/great
• विपुला: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); कीर्तिः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• वासः: dwelling/abode
• वासः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: सम्बन्ध (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक (in like manner)

• अक्षयः: imperishable
• अक्षयः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); वासः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पातिव्रत्यात्: from wifely fidelity
• पातिव्रत्यात्: हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातिव्रत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular)

• स्त्रिया: by a woman
• स्त्रिया: कर्ता (Agent, in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• लभ्यम्: obtainable
• लभ्यम्: विधेय (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लभ् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); ‘प्राप्य/लभ्य’ = obtainable

• सखित्वम्: friendship
• सखित्वम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction), अव्यय

• श्रिया: with Śrī / fortune
• श्रिया: सहकारक-सम्बन्ध (Accompaniment, with saha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• सह: together with
• सह: सह (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable), तृतीया-सहयोगी

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage/audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Allegorical tableau: a pativratā woman stands with calm dignity; behind her appear symbols of fame (garlands, bards), heaven (celestial city), and Śrī as Lakṣmī offering companionship—lotus, coins, auspicious light.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī/Prosperity)
• Pativratā (ideal of wifely vow)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma yields both worldly honor and enduring spiritual fruit; pativratā conduct is praised as a direct cause of such phala.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on dharma-phala rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse presents a moral teaching about the fruits of pativratā-dharma.