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

ਨਿਯਮ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਉਹ, ਲੱਜਾ ਦੀ ਕਲੀ ਵਾਂਗ ਝੁਕੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਨਾਲ, ਸਖੀਆਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਜ਼ੋਰ ਨਾਲ ਪੁੱਛੇ ਜਾਣ ‘ਤੇ ਅਖ਼ੀਰ ਬੋਲ ਪਈ।

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.