Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

हृष्टाहृष्टेविषण्णास्या विषण्णास्ये प्रिये सदा । एकरूपा भवेत्पुण्या संपत्सु च विपत्सु च

Transliteration

hṛṣṭāhṛṣṭeviṣaṇṇāsyā viṣaṇṇāsye priye sadā | ekarūpā bhavetpuṇyā saṃpatsu ca vipatsu ca

Translation

പ്രിയൻ സന്തോഷത്തിലായാൽ അവളും സന്തോഷിക്കും; അവൻ വിഷണ്ണനായാൽ അവളും വിഷണ്ണയാകും. പുണ്യവതി സ്ത്രീ സമ്പത്തിലും വിപത്തിലും ഒരേ മനോഭാവത്തോടെ സ്ഥിരയായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു.

Word by Word

• हृष्टा: joyful
• हृष्टा: Karta (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) √हृष्; विशेषण (स्त्री)

• अहृष्टा: not joyful
• अहृष्टा: Karta (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- (नञ्) + हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/नकार-प्रत्यय; विशेषण

• विषण्ण-आस्या: having a dejected face
• विषण्ण-आस्या: Karta (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषण्ण (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त) + आस्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘विषण्णम् आस्यं यस्याः सा’

• विषण्ण-आस्ये: when (she is) dejected-faced
• विषण्ण-आस्ये: Adhikaraṇa (locative circumstance)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषण्ण (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त) + आस्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः; ‘(स्त्रियां) विषण्णास्यायां’ (locative absolute-like: ‘when (she is) dejected-faced’)

• प्रिये: in/with the beloved (husband)
• प्रिये: Adhikaraṇa (locative: with regard to the beloved)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘प्रिये’ = ‘प्रिये (भर्तरि)’

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla (temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• एक-रूपा: of one and the same demeanor
• एक-रूपा: Karta (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: ‘एकं रूपं यस्याः’

• भवेत्: should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुण्या: virtuous
• पुण्या: Karta (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• संपत्सु: in prosperities
• संपत्सु: Adhikaraṇa (locative circumstance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction): ‘and’

• विपत्सु: in adversities
• विपत्सु: Adhikaraṇa (locative circumstance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A couple receiving alternating news—prosperity and hardship—while the wife remains composed, supportive, and steady; background suggests Kāśī’s ghats with lamps at dusk, symbolizing constancy.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Pativratā-dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It praises steadiness and shared emotional responsibility as a form of dharmic equanimity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the sacred frame of the discourse; the verse itself is ethical guidance rather than a tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it prescribes inner discipline—constancy through changing circumstances.