Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

यत्र नार्यः प्रमुदिता भूषणाच्छादनाशनैः । रमंते देवतास्तत्र स्युस्तत्र सफलाः क्रियाः

Transliteration

yatra nāryaḥ pramuditā bhūṣaṇācchādanāśanaiḥ | ramaṃte devatāstatra syustatra saphalāḥ kriyāḥ

Translation

جہاں عورتوں کو زیورات، لباس اور طعام کے ذریعے خوش رکھا جاتا ہے، وہاں دیوتا مسرور ہوتے ہیں؛ اور وہاں انجام دیے گئے مذہبی اعمال بارآور و ثمر آور ہو جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/relative adverb)

• नार्यः: women
• नार्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• प्रमुदिताः: delighted
• प्रमुदिताः: Vidhेय (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र√मुद् (धातु) + त (कृत्) → प्रमुदित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत्/कृदन्त-विशेषण (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• भूषण: ornament(s)
• भूषण: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• आच्छादन: clothing
• आच्छादन: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ√छद् (धातु) + अन (कृत्) → आच्छादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• अशनैः: with food(s)
• अशनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• भूषण-आच्छादन-अशनैः: with ornaments, clothing, and food
• भूषण-आच्छादन-अशनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूषण + आच्छादन + अशन (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• रमन्ते: rejoice / delight
• रमन्ते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

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

• स्युः: would be / may be
• स्युः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• सफलाः: fruitful
• सफलाः: Vidhेय (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• क्रियाः: rites / actions
• क्रियाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (household as dharma-seat within the kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous domestic shrine room: women smiling after being honored with gifts; subtle presence of pleased devas suggested by light, flowers, and heightened radiance around the altar; offerings arranged neatly.

Characters & Entities

• Devatāḥ (deities)
• Nāryaḥ (women)
• Kriyā (rites)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is linked to dharmic social harmony: making women content supports the presence of the devas and the success of sacred actions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-context, presenting Kāśī as a place where dharma-bearing conduct yields swift spiritual fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Supportive giving (ornaments, clothing, food) as an enabling condition for successful kriyā—household and ceremonial rites.