Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

धारामंडपधारांबुसीकरैस्तत्तनूलताम् । इष्टार्थविरहग्लानां सिंचयामास काचन

Transliteration

dhārāmaṃḍapadhārāṃbusīkaraistattanūlatām | iṣṭārthavirahaglānāṃ siṃcayāmāsa kācana

Translation

ഒരുത്തി ധാരാമണ്ഡപത്തിൽ ഒഴുകുന്ന ജലത്തിന്റെ സൂക്ഷ്മ തുള്ളികളാൽ, ഇഷ്ടപ്രിയവിരഹത്തിൽ ക്ഷീണിച്ച ആ কোমള ലതാസദൃശ ദേഹത്തെ മൃദുവായി സിഞ്ചിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• धारामण्डपधाराम्बुसीकरैः: with spray-drops of water from the shower-pavilion
• धारामण्डपधाराम्बुसीकरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा + मण्डप + धारा + अम्बु + सीकर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (धारामण्डपस्य धाराम्बु-सीकरैः)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive) — समासपूर्वपदत्वेन

• तनूलताम्: her slender creeper-like body
• तनूलताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु + लता (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; समास: कर्मधारय (तन्वी लता इव)

• इष्टार्थविरहग्लानाम्: of those distressed by separation from the desired object
• इष्टार्थविरहग्लानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट + अर्थ + विरह + ग्लान (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural); समास: तत्पुरुष (इष्टार्थस्य विरहेण ग्लानाः)

• सिञ्चयामास: sprinkled, bathed
• सिञ्चयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; (causative/intensive sense: caused to be sprinkled)

• काचना: some (woman)
• काचना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: का + चन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (some woman)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a water-pavilion, fine mist from a flowing spout falls like a veil; an attendant sprinkles the vine-like, delicate-bodied lady, easing her exhaustion from separation.

Characters & Entities

• dhārā-maṇḍapa (cooling pavilion)
• viraha (separation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the heart is weakened by longing and separation, gentle cooling care and steady companionship become a form of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains within Kāśī-khaṇḍa; the verse mentions a dhārā-maṇḍapa but not a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A cooling sprinkling with water-spray is described as treatment; no formal ritual injunction appears.