Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तस्या वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य पुनः कलरवोब्रवीत् । किं करिष्यत्यसौ मुग्धे मम व्योमविहारिणः

Transliteration

tasyā vākyaṃ samākarṇya punaḥ kalaravobravīt | kiṃ kariṣyatyasau mugdhe mama vyomavihāriṇaḥ

Translation

அவள் சொன்னதை கேட்ட இனிய குரலுடையவன் மீண்டும் சொன்னான்—அப்பாவியே! நான் வானில் உலாவுபவன்; அவன் என்ன செய்ய முடியும்?

Word by Word

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

• वाक्यम्: speech/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• समाकर्ण्य: having heard
• समाकर्ण्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√कर्ण्/√कृ (धातु; ‘to hear’)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभावः; ‘having heard’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय

• कलरवः: Kalarava (name)
• कलरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम् (नाम)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• असौ: that one/he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुग्धे: O innocent one
• मुग्धे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; संबोधनपदम्

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• व्योमविहारिणः: of me, the sky-roamer
• व्योमविहारिणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक) + विहारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (व्योमनि विहारिन्)

Speaker

Pārāvata (the male pigeon)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sweet-voiced pigeon-husband replies with confident ease, chest lifted, wings slightly spread as if to demonstrate freedom of the sky; the wife remains concerned beside him.

Characters & Entities

• Śyena (hawk)
• Pārāvatī (female pigeon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It conveys confidence and self-assurance; yet, within Purāṇic storytelling, such confidence is often tested to reveal deeper dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse itself is part of the moral narrative embedded in that setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.