Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

शय्यातृणजलाभ्यंग दीपा गार्हस्थ्य सिद्धिदाः । तथा नव विकर्माणि त्याज्यानि गृहमेधिनाम्

Transliteration

śayyātṛṇajalābhyaṃga dīpā gārhasthya siddhidāḥ | tathā nava vikarmāṇi tyājyāni gṛhamedhinām

Translation

ശയ്യ, തൃണം (ഇരിക്കാനും കിടക്കാനും), ജലം, തൈലാഭ്യംഗം, ദീപം—ഇവ ഗാർഹസ്ഥ്യസിദ്ധി നൽകുന്നവയാണ്. അതുപോലെ ഗൃഹമേധികൾ ഒമ്പത് വികർമ്മങ്ങൾ (നിഷിദ്ധകർമ്മങ്ങൾ) ഉപേക്ഷിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• शय्या: bed
• शय्या: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)

• तृण: grass (mat/bedding)
• तृण: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• जल: water
• जल: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• अभ्यङ्ग: oil massage; anointing
• अभ्यङ्ग: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine nom/acc sg)

• दीपाः: lamps; lighting
• दीपाः: Karta (Item in list/कर्ता-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine nominative plural)

• गार्हस्थ्य: of householdership
• गार्हस्थ्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हस्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्धे) एकवचन (neuter genitive singular; ‘of household life’)

• सिद्धिदाः: bestowing success
• सिद्धिदाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धि + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative plural adjective)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (indeclinable: ‘likewise’)

• नव: nine
• नव: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्या; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनार्थे (numeral ‘nine’, agreeing with plural)

• विकर्माणि: wrong acts; prohibited deeds
• विकर्माणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neuter nom/acc plural)

• त्याज्यानि: to be abandoned
• त्याज्यानि: Vidhyartha (Obligation/विध्यर्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: अनीयर्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थक (gerundive: ‘to be abandoned’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (neuter nominative plural)

• गृहमेधिनाम्: of householders
• गृहमेधिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहमेधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masculine genitive plural)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a modest Kāśī home: a lit oil lamp casts steady light; a mat/grass bedding is arranged; water and oil for gentle massage are set aside—symbolizing care and order—while a shadowy backdrop hints at temptations being renounced.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder success arises from generous hospitality and from renouncing immoral ‘vikarma’ behaviors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction; it supports Kāśī’s sacred culture of right living.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Providing practical comforts to guests (bed, water, lamp, etc.) and the prescription to abandon ‘nine vikarmas’ (listed next).