Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

यत्र नार्यः प्रमुदिता भूषणाच्छादनाशनैः । रमंते देवतास्तत्र स्युस्तत्र सफलाः क्रियाः

Transliteration

yatra nāryaḥ pramuditā bhūṣaṇācchādanāśanaiḥ | ramaṃte devatāstatra syustatra saphalāḥ kriyāḥ

Translation

എവിടെ സ്ത്രീകൾ ആഭരണങ്ങൾ, വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ, ആഹാരം എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് സന്തോഷിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്നുവോ, അവിടെ ദേവതകൾ ആനന്ദത്തോടെ വസിക്കുന്നു; അവിടെ ചെയ്ത ധാർമ്മിക കർമ്മങ്ങൾ ഫലപ്രദമാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/relative adverb)

• नार्यः: women
• नार्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• प्रमुदिताः: delighted
• प्रमुदिताः: Vidhेय (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र√मुद् (धातु) + त (कृत्) → प्रमुदित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत्/कृदन्त-विशेषण (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• भूषण: ornament(s)
• भूषण: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• आच्छादन: clothing
• आच्छादन: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ√छद् (धातु) + अन (कृत्) → आच्छादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• अशनैः: with food(s)
• अशनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• भूषण-आच्छादन-अशनैः: with ornaments, clothing, and food
• भूषण-आच्छादन-अशनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण + आच्छादन + अशन (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• रमन्ते: rejoice / delight
• रमन्ते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक adverb)

• स्युः: would be / may be
• स्युः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• सफलाः: fruitful
• सफलाः: Vidhेय (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• क्रियाः: rites / actions
• क्रियाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (household as dharma-seat within the kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous domestic shrine room: women smiling after being honored with gifts; subtle presence of pleased devas suggested by light, flowers, and heightened radiance around the altar; offerings arranged neatly.

Characters & Entities

• Devatāḥ (deities)
• Nāryaḥ (women)
• Kriyā (rites)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is linked to dharmic social harmony: making women content supports the presence of the devas and the success of sacred actions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-context, presenting Kāśī as a place where dharma-bearing conduct yields swift spiritual fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Supportive giving (ornaments, clothing, food) as an enabling condition for successful kriyā—household and ceremonial rites.