Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

गृहाणेमानि रत्नानि दिव्यानि वरवर्णिनि । कन्यात्वं च परश्वस्ते पाणिग्राहादपैष्यति

Transliteration

gṛhāṇemāni ratnāni divyāni varavarṇini | kanyātvaṃ ca paraśvaste pāṇigrāhādapaiṣyati

Translation

«Aceita estas joias divinas, ó tu de formosa compleição. E depois de amanhã tua virgindade partirá, quando eu tomar tua mão em casamento.»

Word by Word

• गृहाण: take/accept
• गृहाण: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इमानि: these
• इमानि: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन (Accusative Plural)

• रत्नानि: gems
• रत्नानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचन

• वरवर्णिनि: O fair-complexioned one
• वरवर्णिनि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + वर्णिन् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन (Vocative Singular); वरः वर्णः यस्याः (कर्मधारय)

• कन्यात्वम्: maidenhood/virginity
• कन्यात्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या + त्व (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom/Acc Singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• परश्वः: the day after tomorrow
• परश्वः: Time (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परश्वस् (अव्यय/कालवाचक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (day after tomorrow)

• ते: your
• ते: Relation (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive Singular) / चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Dative Singular) रूप; अत्र ‘तव’ अर्थे षष्ठी

• पाणिग्राहात्: from the taking of the hand (marriage)
• पाणिग्राहात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि + ग्राह (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-एकवचन (Ablative Singular); पाणेः ग्राहः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अपैष्यति: will go away/cease
• अपैष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Dānava (Kaṅkālaketu, implied by prior mention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The dānava extends a heap of radiant jewels toward the Vidyādharī while uttering a chilling promise of imminent marriage; her posture shows resistance and fear.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava
• Vidyādharī
• Ratna (divine jewels)
• Pāṇigrāha (marriage hand-taking)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material allure (ratna) is shown as a tool of coercion; dharma rejects forced consent and upholds protection of vows.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is within Kāśī as per the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the verse itself focuses on narrative conflict rather than naming a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṇigrāha/pāṇigrahaṇa (hand-taking) is referenced as the marriage act, though here it is framed coercively by the antagonist.