Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

भारवाह्यंतरं प्राप्य तस्य संभृतिमध्यतः । ताम्रसंपुटमादाय धनं ज्ञात्वा गृहं ययौ

Transliteration

bhāravāhyaṃtaraṃ prāpya tasya saṃbhṛtimadhyataḥ | tāmrasaṃpuṭamādāya dhanaṃ jñātvā gṛhaṃ yayau

Translation

Pumasok siya sa silid ng tagapasan at mula sa gitna ng mga naimbak na gamit ay kinuha ang isang tansong sisidlan; nang matantong may salapi iyon, umuwi siya sa bahay.

Word by Word

• भारवाही: of the porter (female form/reading)
• भारवाही: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारवाही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; (भāravāhyaḥ इति पाठभेदे)

• अन्तरम्: the interior, inside
• अन्तरम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Adverbial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्/प्राप् (धातु) + य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• संभृति: of the store/collection
• संभृति: Sambandha (Genitive in compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• मध्यतः: from the middle
• मध्यतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• ताम्रसंपुटम्: a copper casket/container
• ताम्रसंपुटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्र + संपुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-सम्भव: ताम्रस्य संपुटः

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Kriya (Adverbial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (धातु) + य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• धनम्: wealth, money
• धनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/realized
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya (Adverbial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive)

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The porter slips into his quarters, stealthily opens the stored goods, takes a copper casket, realizes it holds money, and departs toward home.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanañjaya
• Bhāravāha (porter)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma such as theft, even when hidden, sets in motion consequences that the Purāṇas portray as inescapable under karma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred backdrop; this verse focuses on the moral incident within that setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it narrates the act of taking a money-containing copper casket.