Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

अर्पयेद्द्यूतकाराणां सकुप्यं वसनादिकम् । नवरत्नमयीं मातुः करतः पितुरूर्मिकाम

Transliteration

arpayeddyūtakārāṇāṃ sakupyaṃ vasanādikam | navaratnamayīṃ mātuḥ karataḥ piturūrmikāma

Translation

เขามอบข้าวของในเรือน เสื้อผ้าและสิ่งอื่น ๆ พร้อมทั้งภาชนะเครื่องใช้ให้แก่พวกนักพนัน; แม้กระทั่งแหวนมารดาที่ประดับนพรัตน์ และแหวนที่นิ้วของบิดาก็ยังยกให้ไป

Word by Word

• अर्पयेत्: should offer/give
• अर्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्पय् (धातु √अर्प्, णिच्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• द्यूतकाराणाम्: of the gamblers
• द्यूतकाराणाम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यूतकार (प्रातिपदिक; द्यूत + कार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• सकुप्यम्: along with household goods/valuables
• सकुप्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकुप्य (प्रातिपदिक; स-उपसर्गार्थक ‘with’ + कुप्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्

• वसनादिकम्: clothes and the like
• वसनादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• नवरत्नमयीम्: made of nine gems
• नवरत्नमयीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव + रत्न + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्

• मातुः: of (his) mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• करतः: from the hand
• करतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन (singular)

• पितुः: of (his) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• ऊर्मिकाम्: a ring
• ऊर्मिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame; not stated in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young man, hollow-eyed from gambling, hands over household goods and garments to gamblers; an elder mother’s navaratna ring and a father’s ring are shown being surrendered as stakes.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• dyūta (gambling)
• navaratna
• mother
• father

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gambling destroys discernment and leads to the ruin of household dharma, even forcing one to squander sacred family possessions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader narrative belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (glorification of Kāśī/Varanasi), though this verse itself is a moral episode within that setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; the verse functions as a dharmic warning by depicting reckless ‘giving away’ under the vice of gambling.