Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

विना व्यवायसमयं प्रागल्भ्यं न क्वचिच्चरेत् । यत्रयत्ररुचिर्भर्त्तुस्तत्र प्रेमवती सदा

Transliteration

vinā vyavāyasamayaṃ prāgalbhyaṃ na kvaciccaret | yatrayatrarucirbharttustatra premavatī sadā

Translation

ଦାମ୍ପତ୍ୟ-ସଂଯୋଗର ଯଥାଯୋଗ୍ୟ ସମୟ ବ୍ୟତୀତ ସେ କେଉଁଠି ମଧ୍ୟ ଧୃଷ୍ଟତା/ଅତିସାହସ କରିବା ଉଚିତ ନୁହେଁ। ସ୍ୱାମୀଙ୍କ ଯେଉଁଠି ରୁଚି, ସେଉଁଠି ସେ ସଦା ପ୍ରେମମୟୀ ଓ ଭକ୍ତିଭାବେ ରହୁ।

Word by Word

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (relation/qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात (preposition/particle): ‘without’

• व्यवाय-समयम्: the time of sexual union
• व्यवाय-समयम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवाय (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध): ‘व्यवायस्य समयः’

• प्रागल्भ्यम्: boldness/forwardness
• प्रागल्भ्यम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रागल्भ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (abstract noun)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• क्वचित्: anywhere/ever
• क्वचित्: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/काल-अव्यय (adverb): ‘anywhere/ever’

• चरेत्: should practice/should behave
• चरेत्: Kriya (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (relative location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-यद्-श्रृङ्खला (relative adverb): ‘where’

• यत्र: wherever
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (relative location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-समुच्चय (repetition for emphasis): ‘wherever’

• रुचिः: liking/desire
• रुचिः: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• भर्तुः: of the husband
• भर्तुः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (correlative location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तद्-श्रृङ्खला-देशवाचक (correlative adverb): ‘there’

• प्रेमवती: loving/affectionate
• प्रेमवती: Karta (predicate/subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘स्त्री’)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla (temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time): ‘always’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A modestly adorned gṛhastha woman in Kāśī, near a courtyard or ghat approach, composed and restrained, turning gently toward her husband with quiet affection; the city’s sacred ambience implied by distant temple spires and Gaṅgā light.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Pativratā-dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches restraint and harmonizing one’s conduct with dharma and marital devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the sacred narrative backdrop; the verse itself is a dharma instruction rather than a site-panegyric.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it references proper timing (samaya) as an ethical regulation.