Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

त्वं च दीक्षां शुभां प्राप्तो देव्या च शतरूपया । जामाता त्वेष ते धर्मः पत्नीभिर्दशभिः सह

Transliteration

tvaṃ ca dīkṣāṃ śubhāṃ prāpto devyā ca śatarūpayā | jāmātā tveṣa te dharmaḥ patnībhirdaśabhiḥ saha

Translation

ท่านได้รับทีกษาอันเป็นมงคลจากเทวีศตรูปาแล้ว ผู้นี้คือบุตรเขยของท่าน—ธรรมะ—พร้อมด้วยชายาทั้งสิบ

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• दीक्षाम्: initiation (dīkṣā)
• दीक्षाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) दीक्षाम् इति

• प्राप्तः: having obtained
• प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘प्राप्तः’ = ‘प्राप्तवान्’

• देव्या: by the goddess
• देव्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• शतरूपया: by Śatarūpā
• शतरूपया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतरूपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• जामाता: son-in-law
• जामाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• धर्मः: duty
• धर्मः: Pradhana (Predicate-noun/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पत्नीभिः: with wives
• पत्नीभिः: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• दशभिः: ten
• दशभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (संख्यावाचक) तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् पत्नीभिः इति

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (postposition: with)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa norm)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical) / in-text interlocutors (context-dependent)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn bestowal of auspicious dīkṣā by the goddess Śatarūpā; beside the initiate stands Dharma as son-in-law, accompanied by ten consorts, suggesting ordered cosmic functions.

Characters & Entities

• Śatarūpā
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is not abstract alone; it is portrayed as a living cosmic principle connected to consecration and sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa discourse; the sanctity of Kāśī frames the teaching even without naming a particular tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīkṣā (ritual consecration/initiation) is referenced as a prerequisite marker of ritual readiness.