Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

कलावती माल्यकेतुं पतिं प्राप्य पतिव्रता । अपत्यत्रितयं लेभे दिव्यभोगसमृद्धिभाक्

Transliteration

kalāvatī mālyaketuṃ patiṃ prāpya pativratā | apatyatritayaṃ lebhe divyabhogasamṛddhibhāk

Translation

കലാവതി മാല്യകേതുവിനെ ഭർത്താവായി പ്രാപിച്ച് പതിവ്രതയായി നിലകൊണ്ടു; അവൾ മൂന്ന് സന്താനങ്ങളെ നേടി ദിവ്യഭോഗസമൃദ്ധി അനുഭവിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• kalāvatī: Kalāvatī
• kalāvatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• mālyaketum: Mālyaketu
• mālyaketum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mālyaketu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• patim: husband
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); apposition to ‘mālyaketum’

• prāpya: having obtained
• prāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), ‘having obtained’

• pativratā: a devoted wife
• pativratā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pativratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘pateḥ vratā’ (devoted to husband)

• apatya-tritayam: a set of three children
• apatya-tritayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apatya (प्रातिपदिक) + tritaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समास (numerical): ‘three offspring’

• lebhe: obtained/bore
• lebhe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• divya-bhoga-samṛddhi-bhāk: possessing prosperity of divine enjoyments
• divya-bhoga-samṛddhi-bhāk: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhoga (प्रातिपदिक) + samṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Masculine/Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘divyabhogānāṃ samṛddheḥ bhāk’ = possessor; used as विशेषण of ‘kalāvatī’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kalāvatī and King Mālyaketu seated in a dignified palace setting; three children nearby; the atmosphere conveys orderly prosperity and dharmic domestic harmony.

Characters & Entities

• Kalāvatī
• Mālyaketu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast dharma in household life—especially pativratā conduct—is portrayed as a source of auspiciousness, progeny, and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred-geography frame; the immediate line focuses on a narrative episode rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; it highlights ethical-dharmic observance (pativratā-dharma) as spiritually fruitful.