Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

धयित्वा श्रोत्रपात्राभ्यां वाणीममृतरूपिणीम् । न तृप्तिमधिगच्छामि भवन्मुखसुखोद्गताम्

Transliteration

dhayitvā śrotrapātrābhyāṃ vāṇīmamṛtarūpiṇīm | na tṛptimadhigacchāmi bhavanmukhasukhodgatām

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าได้ดื่มวาจาของท่านด้วยภาชนะคือโสตประสาท—วาจาอันเป็นดุจอมฤต—ไหลหวานจากโอษฐ์ของท่าน; ถึงกระนั้นก็ยังไม่อิ่มเอม

Word by Word

• धयित्वा: having drunk
• धयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा/√धय् (धातु; पिबति-अर्थे) + क्त्वा (Absolutive/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्तम् (Gerund/Absolutive); अर्थः—पीत्वा (having drunk)

• श्रोत्रपात्राभ्याम्: with the ear-cups (ears as vessels)
• श्रोत्रपात्राभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र + पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), द्विवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (श्रोत्रयोः पात्रे)

• वाणीम्: speech/voice
• वाणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• अमृतरूपिणीम्: nectar-like
• अमृतरूपिणीम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत + रूपिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अमृतं रूपं यस्याः/अमृतरूपा)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अधिगच्छामि: I attain
• अधिगच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि + √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), उत्तम-पुरुषः (1st person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• भवत्: of you (honorific)
• भवत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे पूर्वपदत्वेन (genitival relation as prior member)

• मुख: mouth
• मुख: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे पूर्वपदत्वेन

• सुख: delight/pleasantness
• सुख: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे पूर्वपदत्वेन

• उद्गताम्: arisen/issued forth
• उद्गताम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + √गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

Speaker

Śivaśarman (listener/questioner within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kathā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The listener, eyes softened with devotion, describes drinking nectar-like speech through the ears while the two Gaṇas speak calmly; the air feels sanctified like a kīrtana hall by the Gaṅgā.

Characters & Entities

• Śivaśarman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa—devout listening to sacred narration—is itself a nectar that deepens longing for truth rather than quickly ‘finishing’ it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Kāśī/Avimukta, since the requested narration concerns the pure, grief-removing realm identified with Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; it highlights śravaṇa (listening to kathā) as a devotional discipline.