Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

काश्यपस्य मुनेः पत्नी कद्रूर्यत्र द्विजोत्तमाः । स्नात्वा स्वभर्तृवाक्येन नोदिता नियमान्विता

Transliteration

kāśyapasya muneḥ patnī kadrūryatra dvijottamāḥ | snātvā svabhartṛvākyena noditā niyamānvitā

Translation

โอ้ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐทั้งหลาย ณ ที่นี้เอง กัทรู ภรรยาของฤๅษีกาศยปะ ได้อาบน้ำตามพระวาจาของสามี และได้ประพฤตินิยมะคือข้อวัตรอันเคร่งครัด

Word by Word

• काश्यपस्य: of Kaśyapa
• काश्यपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• पत्नी: wife
• पत्नी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कद्रूः: Kadrū
• कद्रूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (relative adverb ‘where’)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमा द्विजाः)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव (having bathed)

• स्वभर्तृवाक्येन: by her husband’s word/command
• स्वभर्तृवाक्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य भर्तुः वाक्येन)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• उदिता: prompted, urged
• उदिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + इ (धातु) → उदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• नियमान्विता: endowed with vows/observances
• नियमान्विता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/उपपदसमासभावः (नियमैः अन्विता = endowed with observances)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrasara / Kṣīra-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kadrū, dignified and austere, approaches the milk-bright pond with a water-pot; sages witness as she bathes with disciplined restraint, recalling Kāśyapa’s instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśyapa
• Kadrū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is strengthened by niyama (self-restraint) and by honoring dharmic guidance within family and tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same “here” refers to Kṣīrasara Tīrtha being explained in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) combined with niyama (observances/restraints).