Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

ममाक्षिपसि विप्रोच्चैः किं मया चौर्य कर्मणा । लब्धा मुद्रा त्वदीयेन पुत्रेणैषा ममार्पिता

Transliteration

mamākṣipasi viproccaiḥ kiṃ mayā caurya karmaṇā | labdhā mudrā tvadīyena putreṇaiṣā mamārpitā

Translation

“โอ้พราหมณ์ เหตุใดท่านจึงกล่าวโทษข้าด้วยเสียงดังเช่นนี้? ข้าจะเกี่ยวข้องกับการลักขโมยได้อย่างไร? แหวนตรานี้ข้าได้มาจากบุตรของท่านเอง—เขาเป็นผู้มอบให้ข้า”

Word by Word

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• आक्षिपसि: you accuse/throw blame
• आक्षिपसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• विप्र: O Brahmin
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• उच्चैः: loudly
• उच्चैः: Adhikarana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

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

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• चौर्य: by theft
• चौर्य: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चौर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• कर्मणा: by an act/deed
• कर्मणा: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• लब्धा: obtained
• लब्धा: Kriya (Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• मुद्रा: the seal-ring
• मुद्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• त्वदीयेन: by your
• त्वदीयेन: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम्

• पुत्रेण: by (your) son
• पुत्रेण: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• एषा: this
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• मम: to me
• मम: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन (singular) (enclitic use: ‘to me’)

• अर्पिता: was given/offered
• अर्पिता: Kriya (Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्प् (धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame (not specified)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gambler raises his hands in protest before the brāhmaṇa, pointing outward as if to say ‘your son gave it’; the ring is visible, and the brāhmaṇa’s face shows shock and dawning realization.

Characters & Entities

• vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• mudrā (signet ring)
• son
• theft

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma often hides behind excuses; yet the deeper warning is that a family’s negligence can enable wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred context (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), though the verse itself is part of a moral narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records a defensive claim regarding the origin of the ring.