Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

कलावती माल्यकेतुं पतिं प्राप्य पतिव्रता । अपत्यत्रितयं लेभे दिव्यभोगसमृद्धिभाक्

Transliteration

kalāvatī mālyaketuṃ patiṃ prāpya pativratā | apatyatritayaṃ lebhe divyabhogasamṛddhibhāk

Translation

کلاوتی نے مالیہ کیتو کو شوہر کے طور پر پا کر پتی ورتا دھرم میں ثابت قدم رہی؛ اس نے تین اولادیں جنی اور دیویہ بھوگوں جیسی آسودگی و خوشحالی پائی۔

Word by Word

• kalāvatī: Kalāvatī
• kalāvatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• mālyaketum: Mālyaketu
• mālyaketum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mālyaketu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• patim: husband
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); apposition to ‘mālyaketum’

• prāpya: having obtained
• prāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), ‘having obtained’

• pativratā: a devoted wife
• pativratā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pativratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘pateḥ vratā’ (devoted to husband)

• apatya-tritayam: a set of three children
• apatya-tritayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apatya (प्रातिपदिक) + tritaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समास (numerical): ‘three offspring’

• lebhe: obtained/bore
• lebhe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• divya-bhoga-samṛddhi-bhāk: possessing prosperity of divine enjoyments
• divya-bhoga-samṛddhi-bhāk: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhoga (प्रातिपदिक) + samṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Masculine/Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘divyabhogānāṃ samṛddheḥ bhāk’ = possessor; used as विशेषण of ‘kalāvatī’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kalāvatī and King Mālyaketu seated in a dignified palace setting; three children nearby; the atmosphere conveys orderly prosperity and dharmic domestic harmony.

Characters & Entities

• Kalāvatī
• Mālyaketu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast dharma in household life—especially pativratā conduct—is portrayed as a source of auspiciousness, progeny, and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred-geography frame; the immediate line focuses on a narrative episode rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; it highlights ethical-dharmic observance (pativratā-dharma) as spiritually fruitful.