Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

क्रमाद्द्वैगुण्यमेतस्माद्ब्रह्मचर्यादिषु त्रिषु । दिवाविहित शौचस्य रात्रावर्धं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

kramāddvaiguṇyametasmādbrahmacaryādiṣu triṣu | divāvihita śaucasya rātrāvardhaṃ samācaret

Translation

ఈ శౌచ పరిమాణాన్ని బ్రహ్మచర్యాది మూడు ఆశ్రమాలలో క్రమంగా రెండింతలు చేయాలి. రాత్రివేళలో అయితే, పగలు విధించిన శౌచంలో సగం మాత్రమే ఆచరించాలి.

Word by Word

• क्रमात्: gradually/in due order
• क्रमात्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘क्रमात्’ = ‘in order/gradually’

• द्वैगुण्यम्: doubling
• द्वैगुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘double-ness’, doubling)

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मचर्यादिषु: in brahmacarya and the like
• ब्रह्मचर्यादिषु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; ‘-आदि’ तत्पुरुष (in brahmacarya etc.)

• त्रिषु: in the three (cases)
• त्रिषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• दिवा: by day
• दिवा: Sambandha (Time/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: by day)

• विहित: prescribed
• विहित: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि√धा (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्यय: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘śauca’)

• शौचस्य: of cleansing
• शौचस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अर्धम्: half
• अर्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ√चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विध्यर्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triptych-like symbolic scene: three figures representing āśramas (student with staff, forest-dweller, renunciate) with increasing austerity; a moon motif indicates night-time reduced measure; all framed by Kāśī’s ghats.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmacarya (student stage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma adapts discipline to one’s life-stage and circumstance, balancing rigor with practicality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse continues the śauca-vidhi instructions within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Double the cleansing measure for the three āśramas beginning with brahmacarya; at night, perform half of the daytime-prescribed śauca.