Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

राज्ञी राज्ञा कृतानुज्ञा सखीं प्रेष्य विचक्षणाम् । आनिनाय च तं विप्रं ब्राह्मं तेज इवांगवत्

Transliteration

rājñī rājñā kṛtānujñā sakhīṃ preṣya vicakṣaṇām | ānināya ca taṃ vipraṃ brāhmaṃ teja ivāṃgavat

Translation

เมื่อได้รับพระบรมราชานุญาตแล้ว พระมเหสีจึงส่งสหายผู้เฉลียวฉลาดไป และอัญเชิญพราหมณ์ผู้นั้นมา—ประหนึ่งรัศมีพรหมันได้ทรงกายมาเอง

Word by Word

• राज्ञी: the queen
• राज्ञी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• कृतानुज्ञा: having received permission
• कृतानुज्ञा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय) + अनुज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कृता अनुज्ञा यस्याः/या = having obtained permission)

• सखीम्: a female friend/attendant
• सखीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रेष्य: having sent
• प्रेष्य: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + इष् (धातु; प्रेषयति)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): having sent

• विचक्षणाम्: discerning, clever
• विचक्षणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies सखीम्)

• आनिनाय: brought
• आनिनाय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विप्रम्: Brahmin, sage
• विप्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मम्: holy, Brahminical
• ब्राह्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies विप्रम्)

• तेजः: splendor, radiance
• तेजः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमावाचक निपात (like/as)

• अङ्गवत्: as if embodied
• अङ्गवत्: Sambandha (Adverbial comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अङ्गवत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; -वत्-प्रत्ययान्त उपमावाचक (as if with a body/embodied)

Speaker

Kāśī narrative voice (describing the queen’s action)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A discerning female companion goes out and returns leading an elderly brāhmaṇa whose body seems to emit calm radiance; courtiers subtly step aside; light concentrates around him.

Characters & Entities

• Divodāsa
• Līlāvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual power (brahma-tejas) is portrayed as tangible—true holiness is ‘seen’ in the embodied presence of the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting points to Kāśī/Vārāṇasī, though this verse is a courtly narrative moment rather than a tīrtha-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies reverent seeking of holy company and darśana.