Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अस्थीनि दर्शयत्वाशु धनं दास्येऽधिकं ततः । इत्युक्ता तेन सा भिल्ली व्याजहार निजं पतिम्

Transliteration

asthīni darśayatvāśu dhanaṃ dāsye'dhikaṃ tataḥ | ityuktā tena sā bhillī vyājahāra nijaṃ patim

Translation

“ہڈیاں فوراً دکھا دو؛ پھر میں تمہیں اس سے بھی زیادہ مال دوں گا۔” اس کی بات سن کر وہ بھلّی اپنے شوہر سے بولی۔

Word by Word

• अस्थीनि: bones
• अस्थीनि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• दर्शयत्वा: having shown
• दर्शयत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्यय; causative stem दर्शय- (to show) from √दृश्

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

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

• दास्ये: I will give
• दास्ये: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; √दा (to give)

• अधिकम्: more, additional
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावे क्रियाविशेषण (thereafter/therefrom)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्ता: having been told/said to
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject, in passive construction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + उद् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; √वच् with उपसर्ग उद्- (to say)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भिल्ली: the Bhillī woman
• भिल्ली: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिल्ली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• व्याजहार: said, spoke
• व्याजहार: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु) + वि-आ (उपसर्गौ)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; √हृ/√आहृ (आहृ-आह) in sense ‘to speak’, with वि-आ-

• निजम्: her own
• निजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (Skanda relating to Agastya; quoted speaker within the story: the requester bargaining; then Bhillī responds)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker urgently offers increased wealth in exchange for immediate showing/return of the bones; Bhillī turns to speak to her husband, acting as intermediary.

Characters & Entities

• Bhillī
• pati (husband)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to wealth can lead to ethically fraught choices; the narrative sets up consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the setting is within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse depicts a transactional offer rather than a dhārmic rite.