Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

आकचग्रहणान्नाहमाशापाच्च कदाचन । आख्यास्यामि चरित्रं ते याहि देवि यथासुखम्

Transliteration

ākacagrahaṇānnāhamāśāpācca kadācana | ākhyāsyāmi caritraṃ te yāhi devi yathāsukham

Translation

بال پکڑ کر لی گئی قسم اور اپنی امیدِ پناہ کے سبب، میں کبھی بھی تمہارا حال بیان نہ کروں گی۔ اے دیوی! تم جیسے چاہو ویسے تشریف لے جاؤ۔

Word by Word

• आकचग्रहणात्: because of the taking/holding of the hair (lock)
• आकचग्रहणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकच + ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आशापातात्: because of the fall/ruin of hope
• आशापातात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा + पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

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

• कदाचन: ever/at any time
• कदाचन: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• आख्यास्यामि: I will tell
• आख्यास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ख्या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• चरित्रम्: story/account
• चरित्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• याहि: go
• याहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• यथासुखम्: as you please/comfortably
• यथासुखम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Chāyā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Chāyā declares she will never reveal Saṃjñā’s story, citing the hair-grasp pledge and hope of protection; Saṃjñā is shown ready to depart, receiving the assurance.

Characters & Entities

• Chāyā
• Saṃjñā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A pledge binds speech; vows (satya) are treated as sacred constraints, even when they support a morally complex concealment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly in this verse; it is part of a larger Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.