Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

किंवा प्रतिव्यतीपातमेकसंवत्सरावधि । कोदादिति च मंत्रेण या दद्याद्वरवर्णिनी

Transliteration

kiṃvā prativyatīpātamekasaṃvatsarāvadhi | kodāditi ca maṃtreṇa yā dadyādvaravarṇinī

Translation

ਅਥਵਾ, ਇੱਕ ਸੰਵਤਸਰ ਦੀ ਅਵਧੀ ਤੱਕ ਹਰ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਵ੍ਯਤੀਪਾਤ ਦੇ ਸਮੇਂ, ਜੋ ਉੱਤਮ ਵਰਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਨਾਰੀ ‘ਕੋਦਾਦਿਤਿ’ ਮੰਤ੍ਰ ਨਾਲ ਦਾਨ ਕਰੇ, ਉਹ (ਉਕਤ) ਪੁੰਨ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• किम्: what?/or
• किम्: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (interrogative particle)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or)

• प्रतिव्यतीपातम्: the (rite on) vyatīpāta (astronomical conjunction)
• प्रतिव्यतीपातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग) + व्यतीपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• एकसंवत्सरावधि: for one year’s duration
• एकसंवत्सरावधि: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal setting/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक) + अवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; ‘एकसंवत्सरपर्यन्तम्’ (for the duration of one year)

• कोदादिति: “kodādi” (mantra words)
• कोदादिति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कोदादिति (मन्त्रपद; अव्ययवत्)
• Form: मन्त्र-उद्धरण (quoted mantra phrase)

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

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• या: she who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• वरवर्णिनी: the beautiful woman
• वरवर्णिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरा च सा वर्णिनी)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted woman observes a year-long vow, offering charity on recurring prativyatīpāta days, softly reciting a mantra while presenting gifts to worthy recipients in Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Vyatīpāta
• Mantra: kodāditi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained discipline in charity, aligned with sacred timings and mantra, is praised as a potent dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa tradition; it focuses on calendrical observance (vyatīpāta) rather than a named locality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give in charity repeatedly across a year at prativyatīpāta occasions, employing the mantra ‘kodāditi’.