Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

अथोक्त्वैवं बहुतरं त्वं जनेतास्य वर्ष्मणः । श्रुतानेन च देहेन पत्युः परिविगर्हणा

Transliteration

athoktvaivaṃ bahutaraṃ tvaṃ janetāsya varṣmaṇaḥ | śrutānena ca dehena patyuḥ parivigarhaṇā

Translation

หลังจากกล่าววาจามายืดยาวเช่นนี้ ท่านผู้ให้กำเนิดร่างนี้เอ๋ย ด้วยร่างกายนี้เองที่ข้าต้องทนฟังคำลบหลู่ดูหมิ่นต่อสามีของข้า

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु) + त्वा (ktvā)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• bahutaram: much more; at length
• bahutaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahutara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter, accusative singular; comparative ‘more/much’)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (2nd person pronoun, nominative singular)

• janetā: will produce/generate
• janetā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लृट् (साधारण-भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (simple future, 3rd person singular)

• asya: of this/this one's
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• varṣmaṇaḥ: of the body/bulk
• varṣmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (neuter, genitive singular)

• śrutā: heard
• śrutā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु) + क्त (Kta)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (past participle; feminine nominative singular)

• anena: by this; with this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

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

• dehena: with the body
• dehena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (masculine, instrumental singular)

• patyuḥ: of the husband
• patyuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (masculine, genitive singular)

• parivigarhaṇā: censure, reproach
• parivigarhaṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pari + √garh (गर्ह् धातु) + युच्/अन (प्रातिपदिक-निर्माण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular; action-noun)

Speaker

Unknown from snippet (narrative voice continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and Ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophetic moment: the speaker points ahead as if indicating an imminent scene where the husband will be reproached; the atmosphere tightens, with onlookers hinted in shadow.

Characters & Entities

• Pati (husband)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech and social blame are powerful forces in dharma narratives; one must recognize true greatness beyond public reproach.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears here.