Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

एकं मे प्रार्थितं नाथ चिराय हृदिसंस्थितम् । गृहस्थानां समुचितं तत्त्वं दातुमिहार्हसि

Transliteration

ekaṃ me prārthitaṃ nātha cirāya hṛdisaṃsthitam | gṛhasthānāṃ samucitaṃ tattvaṃ dātumihārhasi

Translation

ข้าแต่นาถะ ข้ามีคำอธิษฐานหนึ่งที่สถิตอยู่ในดวงใจมาช้านาน โปรดประทาน “ตัตตวะ” อันแท้จริงที่เหมาะสมแก่คฤหัสถ์ ณ ที่นี้เถิด

Word by Word

• एकम्: one (thing)
• एकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• मे: my / of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular pronoun)

• प्रार्थितम्: requested
• प्रार्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु) → प्रार्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (past passive participle; neuter nom/acc sg)

• नाथ: O lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine vocative singular)

• चिराय: for a long time
• चिराय: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे चतुर्थी-एकवचन (dative used adverbially: 'for long')

• हृदि: in (the) heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (locative singular)

• संस्थितम्: situated / abiding
• संस्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (past passive participle; neuter nom/acc sg)

• गृहस्थानाम्: of householders
• गृहस्थानाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• समुचितम्: appropriate
• समुचितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उचित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• तत्त्वम्: principle / truth
• तत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दातुम् (तुमुन्)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive: 'to give')

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• अर्हसि: you are able / you ought
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (present indicative, 2nd person singular)

Speaker

Wife of Viśvānara (patidevatā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted wife, hands folded, respectfully petitions her lord for the true principle suitable for householders; the setting evokes Kāśī’s sanctity—lamps, ghāṭa ambience, and a calm domestic-sacred space.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvānara
• gṛhastha-dharma (householder order)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sincere seeker should ask for the essential dharma suited to their life-stage; householders too have a distinct, valid path to spiritual truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader narrative belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, oriented toward Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) and its Śaiva sacred setting, though this verse itself is a request about gṛhastha-tattva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a petition for doctrinal guidance (tattva) appropriate to householders.