Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

कदागंतव्यमिति च चक्राते ते गमावधिम् । जग्मतुश्च विरम्याथ क्रीडनात्स्वस्वमालयम्

Transliteration

kadāgaṃtavyamiti ca cakrāte te gamāvadhim | jagmatuśca viramyātha krīḍanātsvasvamālayam

Translation

ทั้งสองยังได้กำหนดกำหนดเวลาไว้—ตกลงกันว่าจะไปเมื่อใด แล้วเมื่อหยุดจากการเล่น ทั้งคู่ก็กลับสู่ที่พำนักของตนๆ

Word by Word

• कदा: when
• कदा: Kriya-viseshana (adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक-कालवाचक (interrogative adverb of time)

• आगन्तव्यम्: (it is) to be come; should come
• आगन्तव्यम्: Kriya (obligation predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्) कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि—‘आगन्तव्यम्’ = must be come/should come

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (quotative/iti)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• चक्राते: they made; they agreed
• चक्राते: Kriya (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, द्विवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ते: they (those two)
• ते: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (contextually dual sense ‘those two’); सर्वनाम

• गम्-अवधिम्: the time-limit for going
• गम्-अवधिम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गम् (प्रातिपदिक) + अवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गमनस्य अवधि:)

• जग्मतुः: they went
• जग्मतुः: Kriya (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• विरम्य: having stopped; having desisted
• विरम्य: Kriya-viseshana (gerundial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि + रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive); ‘विरम्य’ = having ceased/stopped

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• क्रीडनात्: from playing; after play
• क्रीडनात्: Apadana (source/cessation point)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रीडन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (from/after playing)

• स्व-स्वम्: each one’s own
• स्व-स्वम्: Visheshana (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-समास/द्वन्द्ववत् ‘each one’s own’

• आलयम्: abode; home
• आलयम्: Karma (goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda, in Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kadrū and Vinatā conclude their pact, hands poised as if sealing an agreement; the atmosphere shifts from playful to ominously calm as they depart to separate dwellings.

Characters & Entities

• Kadrū
• Vinatā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions bound by agreed limits highlight niyama (discipline) and accountability in dharmic conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s instructional narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records the agreed condition and their return home.