Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

व्यपैति न यदा मूर्छा तत्तच्छीतोपचारतः । तस्यास्तदैकयानीतं रत्नेशस्नपनोदकम्

Transliteration

vyapaiti na yadā mūrchā tattacchītopacārataḥ | tasyāstadaikayānītaṃ ratneśasnapanodakam

Translation

Когда её обморок не проходил даже от тех охлаждающих средств, тотчас принесли для неё воду омовения, использованную в священном обливании Ратнеши (Ratneśa).

Word by Word

• व्यपैति: goes away; subsides
• व्यपैति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अप-इ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: when)

• मूर्छा: fainting; swoon
• मूर्छा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-पूर्वपद (that/that very)

• तत्: each
• तत्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each and every)

• शीतोपचारतः: from cooling treatment
• शीतोपचारतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीत + उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘शीतस्य उपचारात्’ (from cooling treatment)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (that)

• एक: alone; single
• एक: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे/समासपूर्वपद; ‘one/alone’ (numeral adjective)

• यानीतम्: brought
• यानीतम्: Kriya (Resultant action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपसर्ग-युक्त (आ-नीत = brought)

• रत्नेशस्नपनोदकम्: the bathing-water of Ratneśa (Śiva)
• रत्नेशस्नपनोदकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्नेश + स्नपन + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘रत्नेशस्य स्नपन-उदकम्’ (bathing-water of Ratneśa)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small brass vessel of freshly collected abhiṣeka water from Ratneśa is brought swiftly; the friends lift it toward the fainted Ratnāvalī, expecting sacred cooling and revival.

Characters & Entities

• Ratneśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When ordinary remedies fail, sacred contact with Śiva’s sanctified water is presented as a higher, faith-based means of relief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratneśa in Kāśī is invoked through “Ratneśa-snapana-udaka,” implying the sanctity of Kāśī’s Śaiva worship and its consecrated waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use of snapana-udaka—water from the deity’s ablution—as a sacred remedial application.