Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

त्वदास्यस्यौष्ठपुटक दुग्धवार्धि विवर्धिताम् । सुधासुधांशुवदनधयत्यपि धिनोमि न

Transliteration

tvadāsyasyauṣṭhapuṭaka dugdhavārdhi vivardhitām | sudhāsudhāṃśuvadanadhayatyapi dhinomi na

Translation

О ты, чей лик подобен нектарной луне, даже припадая к ларцу твоих губ, полных, словно молочный океан, я не чувствую насыщения.

Word by Word

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘of you/your’ (सम्बन्ध)

• आस्यस्य: of (your) mouth/face
• आस्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — ‘of the mouth/face’

• ओष्ठपुटक: O lip-cup (O lips)
• ओष्ठपुटक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + पुटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — ‘lip-cup/cluster of lips’ (सम्बोधनार्थे अपि)

• दुग्धवार्धि: O milk-ocean
• दुग्धवार्धि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुग्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + वार्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘ocean of milk’

• विवर्धिताम्: (her) increased/nourished
• विवर्धिताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + वृध् (धातु) → विवर्धित (कृदन्त-भूतकृत)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रायः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘increased/nourished’ (कर्मविशेषण)

• सुधा: nectar
• सुधा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘nectar’

• सुधांशु: the moon
• सुधांशु: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘moon’ (nectar-rayed)

• वदन: face
• वदन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘face’

• अधयति: places/applies
• अधयति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि + धा (धातु) (पाठे: अधि-धा/अधय)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘places/sets upon; applies’

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle) — ‘even/also’

• धिनोमि: I praise/consider
• धिनोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धि (धातु) (पाठे: धि/धिनु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन — ‘I praise/think; I place (in mind)’ (दुर्लभ-प्रयोग)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (likely a mother addressing her child within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tender close-up of a moon-faced beloved; the speaker’s gaze fixed on the lips compared to a ‘milk-ocean’ swelling with nectar, conveying insatiable affection that borders on devotional adoration.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It expresses inexhaustible affection—an image often used to communicate the boundlessness of love and attachment in human life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.