Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

धारामंडपधारांबुसीकरैस्तत्तनूलताम् । इष्टार्थविरहग्लानां सिंचयामास काचन

Transliteration

dhārāmaṃḍapadhārāṃbusīkaraistattanūlatām | iṣṭārthavirahaglānāṃ siṃcayāmāsa kācana

Translation

ایک نے دھارا-منڈپ میں بہتے پانی کی باریک پھوار سے اس کے بیل جیسے نازک بدن کو آہستہ آہستہ تر کیا، تاکہ اپنے محبوب مقصود سے جدائی میں نڈھال اس کو تسکین ملے۔

Word by Word

• धारामण्डपधाराम्बुसीकरैः: with spray-drops of water from the shower-pavilion
• धारामण्डपधाराम्बुसीकरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा + मण्डप + धारा + अम्बु + सीकर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (धारामण्डपस्य धाराम्बु-सीकरैः)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive) — समासपूर्वपदत्वेन

• तनूलताम्: her slender creeper-like body
• तनूलताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु + लता (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; समास: कर्मधारय (तन्वी लता इव)

• इष्टार्थविरहग्लानाम्: of those distressed by separation from the desired object
• इष्टार्थविरहग्लानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट + अर्थ + विरह + ग्लान (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural); समास: तत्पुरुष (इष्टार्थस्य विरहेण ग्लानाः)

• सिञ्चयामास: sprinkled, bathed
• सिञ्चयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; (causative/intensive sense: caused to be sprinkled)

• काचना: some (woman)
• काचना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: का + चन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (some woman)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a water-pavilion, fine mist from a flowing spout falls like a veil; an attendant sprinkles the vine-like, delicate-bodied lady, easing her exhaustion from separation.

Characters & Entities

• dhārā-maṇḍapa (cooling pavilion)
• viraha (separation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the heart is weakened by longing and separation, gentle cooling care and steady companionship become a form of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains within Kāśī-khaṇḍa; the verse mentions a dhārā-maṇḍapa but not a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A cooling sprinkling with water-spray is described as treatment; no formal ritual injunction appears.