Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

तदा हितं ते वक्ष्यामि कुरु चैवाविचारितम् । ममैकवाक्यकरणात्स्त्रीजितो न भविप्यसि

Transliteration

tadā hitaṃ te vakṣyāmi kuru caivāvicāritam | mamaikavākyakaraṇātstrījito na bhavipyasi

Translation

“اب میں تمہیں تمہارے بھلے کی بات کہتی ہوں—بلا تامل اسے کر ڈالو۔ میری اس ایک بات پر عمل کرنے سے تم ‘عورت کے ہاتھوں مغلوب’ نہ کہلاؤ گے۔”

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• हितम्: what is beneficial
• हितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < धा (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘हित’ = beneficial thing (object of वक्ष्यामि)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• अविचारितम्: without deliberation
• अविचारितम्: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + वि + चर् (धातु) → विचारित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (do it without deliberation)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एकवाक्यकरणात्: from (your) carrying out my single instruction
• एकवाक्यकरणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + करण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: एकस्य वाक्यस्य करणम् (doing a single instruction) + तस्मात् (from that)

• स्त्रीजितः: conquered by a woman
• स्त्रीजितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक) + जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < जि (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषणम् (त्वम्); तत्पुरुषः: स्त्रिया जितः (conquered by a woman)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• भविष्यसि: you will be
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced narrator voice; quoted speech of the wife within the story)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The female bird, composed amid peril, delivers a crisp instruction, her gaze steady; the male bird turns from panic to resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Patnī (wife)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When right counsel appears, swift disciplined action is dharma; ego about who speaks the truth should be abandoned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger Kāśī-khaṇḍa context frames the teaching, but this verse itself focuses on nīti (practical dharma), not a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it prescribes a strategic action within the narrative.