Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

यत्रानुकूल्यं दंपत्योस्त्रिवर्गस्तत्र वर्धते । यदुच्यते पुराविद्भिरिति तत्तथ्यमीक्षितम्

Transliteration

yatrānukūlyaṃ daṃpatyostrivargastatra vardhate | yaducyate purāvidbhiriti tattathyamīkṣitam

Translation

கணவன்-மனைவி இருவருக்கும் பரஸ்பர ஒற்றுமை உள்ள இடத்தில் தர்மம்-அர்த்தம்-காமம் எனும் திரிவர்க்கம் வளர்கிறது. பழங்கால ஞானிகள் சொன்னது உண்மையெனக் காணப்பட்டது.

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• anukūlyam: mutual harmony, concord
• anukūlyam: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anukūlya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• daṃpatyoḥ: of the husband and wife
• daṃpatyoḥ: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃpatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (युग्मार्थे), षष्ठी (6), द्विवचन

• trivargaḥ: the threefold set (dharma-artha-kāma)
• trivargaḥ: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + varga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणां वर्गः)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• vardhate: increases, prospers
• vardhate: Kriya (action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma/Visheshya (that which)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ucyate: is said
• ucyate: Kriya (passive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• purāvidbhiḥ: by the ancient knowers
• purāvidbhiḥ: Karana (agent/instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāvid (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (purāṃ veda iti)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (thus)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshya (that)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tathyam: true
• tathyam: Visheshana (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tathya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (tat-विशेषण)

• īkṣitam: has been observed/ascertained
• īkṣitam: Kriya (predicate/result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īkṣ (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि ‘observed/ascertained’

Speaker

Kalāvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A harmonious couple performing a simple pūjā together—lamp, flowers, water vessel—symbolizing dharma; a granary/coins (artha) and a lotus/garland (kāma) appear as balanced motifs, all under a calm sacred canopy.

Characters & Entities

• Kalāvatī
• Trivarga (Dharma, Artha, Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder dharma succeeds when spouses support each other; harmony becomes the soil in which dharma and prosperity grow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this verse; it is ethical instruction within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse gives a dharmic principle for household life.