Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

पंचसप्तदिनान्येव जातानीतीह तर्क्यते । अस्यै राज्ञा प्रसादेन ग्रामौ दातुमुदीरितौ

Transliteration

paṃcasaptadinānyeva jātānītīha tarkyate | asyai rājñā prasādena grāmau dātumudīritau

Translation

เขาคาดกันว่าเหตุนี้เพิ่งล่วงไปเพียงห้าถึงเจ็ดวัน; และด้วยพระกรุณาของพระราชา ได้มีประกาศจะพระราชทานหมู่บ้านสองแห่งแก่นาง

Word by Word

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Sankhya (Numeral qualifier/संख्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; अत्र ‘सप्त’ इत्यनेन सह समुच्चय (numeral)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Sankhya (Numeral qualifier/संख्या)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; ‘दिनानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• दिनानि: days
• दिनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• एव: only/just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (restrictive particle)

• जातानि: born/elapsed (as born)
• जातानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (Past participle)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• तर्क्यते: is inferred/it is reasoned
• तर्क्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तर्क् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• अस्यै: to her
• अस्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रसादेन: by (his) favor/grace
• प्रसादेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ग्रामौ: two villages
• ग्रामौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), द्विवचन (Dual)

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), परस्मैपद-धातु

• उदीरितौ: were declared/announced
• उदीरितौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + ईर् (धातु) → उदीरित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त (Past participle)

Speaker

Skanda (narrating speech of the disguised figure; deduced context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages / internal court audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proclamation scene: royal scribes and ministers announce that two villages are granted by the king’s favor; the beneficiary stands with attendants; palm-leaf/scroll and seal imagery; Kāśī’s sacred skyline anchors the setting.

Characters & Entities

• King (rājā)
• Villages (grāma)
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material grants and rapid changes in status can become instruments of manipulation; dharma insists on scrutiny and right counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the contextual sacred geography; this verse emphasizes courtly events rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A form of dāna (granting villages) is mentioned as a royal act, though not prescribed as a ritual here.