Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

तत्रास्ति सा सवर्णा वै परिपूर्णमनोरथा । अथावतिष्ठे सात्रैव पित्रा निर्भर्त्सिताप्यहम्

Transliteration

tatrāsti sā savarṇā vai paripūrṇamanorathā | athāvatiṣṭhe sātraiva pitrā nirbhartsitāpyaham

Translation

وہاں سَوَرْنا یقیناً موجود ہے، اس کی آرزوئیں پوری ہو چکی ہیں۔ مگر میں یہیں ٹھہری رہتی ہوں، اگرچہ باپ نے مجھے ڈانٹا بھی ہے۔

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• savarṇā: of the same caste/appearance
• savarṇā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• vai: indeed
• vai: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeed)

• paripūrṇamanorathā: whose wishes are fully fulfilled
• paripūrṇamanorathā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paripūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + manoratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘परिपूर्णः मनोरथः यस्याः/यस्या’ (descriptive)

• atha: then
• atha: Avyaya (Discourse/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then)

• avatiṣṭhe: I stayed/remained
• avatiṣṭhe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-sthā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/परोक्ष), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘I remained/stayed’

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• eva: only/just
• eva: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (only/just)

• pitrā: by (my) father
• pitrā: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• nirbhartsitā: rebuked
• nirbhartsitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-bharts (धातु) → nirbhartsita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘rebuked’

• api: even/also
• api: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-भाव (even/also)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

The woman character (continuing lament), reported by Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Contrast scene: Savarṇā depicted serene and fulfilled in her setting, while the speaker remains in her father’s house under the shadow of reprimand—two emotional registers in one narrative beat.

Characters & Entities

• Savarṇā
• Father (Tvaṣṭṛ implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It highlights inner conflict: seeing another’s success while one remains bound by consequences, urging steadiness and right choice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.