Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

तारिणीं दुःखसंसारसागरस्य पतिव्रताम् । कुर्वन्नेतद्व्रतं वर्षं कुमारः प्राप्नुयात्स्फुटम्

Transliteration

tāriṇīṃ duḥkhasaṃsārasāgarasya pativratām | kurvannetadvrataṃ varṣaṃ kumāraḥ prāpnuyātsphuṭam

Translation

ദുഃഖമയമായ സംസാരസാഗരം കടത്തുന്ന തോണിപോലെ ഉള്ള പതിവ്രതയായ ഭാര്യയെ—ഈ വ്രതം ഒരു വർഷം ആചരിക്കുന്ന കുമാരൻ തീർച്ചയായും പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तारिणीम्: saving/delivering
• तारिणीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (उद्धारयित्री)

• दुःखसंसारसागरस्य: of the ocean of sorrowful worldly existence
• दुःखसंसारसागरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख + संसार + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (दुःखमयः संसारः सागर इव)

• पतिव्रताम्: devoted to her husband
• पतिव्रताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतिव्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पतिं व्रतं यस्याः)

• कुर्वन्: doing/performing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (Present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• व्रतम्: vow
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वर्षम्: for a year
• वर्षम्: Kala-adhikarana (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कालपरिमाण

• कुमारः: a young man
• कुमारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्नुयात्: would obtain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्फुटम्: clearly; certainly
• स्फुटम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्फुटम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (clearly/definitely)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) to Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (year-long vrata fruit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Symbolic tableau: a young unmarried man (kumāra) performing vrata in Kāśī; behind him, an allegorical ocean labeled ‘saṃsāra-duḥkha’; a devoted wife appears as a boat guiding him toward a luminous Śiva shrine on the far shore.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāra (bachelor)
• Pativratā (devoted wife)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma portrays righteous companionship as a support for crossing saṃsāra, when grounded in devotion, fidelity, and shared virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Kāśī in the Skanda Purāṇa; this verse presents the vow’s fruit rather than a site-specific glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake and maintain this vow continuously for one year to obtain the stated fruit for a bachelor.