Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

यत्र तुष्यति भर्त्रा स्त्री स्त्रिया भर्ता च तुष्यति । तत्र वेश्मनि कल्याणं संपद्येत पदे पदे

Transliteration

yatra tuṣyati bhartrā strī striyā bhartā ca tuṣyati | tatra veśmani kalyāṇaṃ saṃpadyeta pade pade

Translation

ଯେଉଁ ଘରେ ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଭର୍ତ୍ତାରେ ତୁଷ୍ଟ ଓ ଭର୍ତ୍ତା ସ୍ତ୍ରୀରେ ତୁଷ୍ଟ ଥାନ୍ତି, ସେହି ଗୃହରେ ପଦେ ପଦେ କଲ୍ୟାଣ ଓ ମଙ୍ଗଳ ସଂପାଦିତ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

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

• तुष्यति: is pleased
• तुष्यति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भर्त्रा: by the husband
• भर्त्रा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• स्त्री: the wife / woman
• स्त्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• स्त्रिया: by the wife
• स्त्रिया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• भर्ता: the husband
• भर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय conjunction)

• तुष्यति: is pleased
• तुष्यति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• वेश्मनि: in the house
• वेश्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• कल्याणम्: welfare / auspiciousness
• कल्याणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• संपद्येत: would arise / would occur
• संपद्येत: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्√पद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पदे: at a step
• पदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (अव्ययीभावार्थे: ‘at each step’)

• पदे: at every step
• पदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (reduplication)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (gṛha as dharma-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm Kāśī home interior: husband and wife seated together near a small lamp-lit altar, exchanging a peaceful glance; orderly household items, flowers, and a sense of steady well-being.

Characters & Entities

• Gṛhastha (householder)
• Strī (wife)
• Bhartā (husband)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mutual satisfaction and respect within marriage is itself dharma, generating continuous auspiciousness in the household.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s dharma-teaching within Kāśī’s sanctifying narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the ‘practice’ is household dharma—cultivating mutual contentment and concord.