Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

निर्वर्त्य नियमं साथ लज्जामुकुलितेक्षणा । निर्बंधेन वयस्याभिः परिपृष्टा जगाद ह

Transliteration

nirvartya niyamaṃ sātha lajjāmukulitekṣaṇā | nirbaṃdhena vayasyābhiḥ paripṛṣṭā jagāda ha

Translation

Setelah menyempurnakan niyamnya, ia—dengan mata tertunduk bagai kuncup malu—terus diasak pertanyaan oleh sahabat-sahabatnya; lalu ia pun berkata.

Word by Word

• निर्वर्त्य: having completed
• निर्वर्त्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्वृत्/वृत् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having performed/completed)

• नियमम्: the observance/vow
• नियमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक (then)

• लज्जामुकुलितेक्षणा: with eyes lowered/closed in shyness
• लज्जामुकुलितेक्षणा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक) + मुकुलित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मुकुल्/मुकुली-भाव) + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (लज्जया मुकुलिते ईक्षणे यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (सा इति)

• निर्बन्धेन: by insistence
• निर्बन्धेन: Hetu/Upāya (Cause/means/हेतु/उपाय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रकारे (by insistence)

• वयस्याभिः: by (her) girlfriends
• वयस्याभिः: Karta (Agent of questioning/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• परिपृष्टा: having been questioned
• परिपृष्टा: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + प्रच्छ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगभाव (having been asked)

• जगाद: said
• जगाद: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Skanda)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśvara-yātrā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience (sages/devotees)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young woman, having finished her observance, stands with eyes lowered in shy modesty while her friends encircle her, teasingly and insistently asking what happened; she prepares to speak.

Characters & Entities

• Niyama (religious observance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Religious discipline (niyama) culminates in inner change; truth is often spoken after self-restraint and reflection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named here; it follows the Ratneśvara/Mandākinī Kāśī sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Niyama (a regulated observance/vow) is referenced as completed, though its details are not specified in this verse.