Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एकदावसरं प्राप्य दिवोदासस्य भूभुजः । राज्ञी लीलावती नाम राज्ञे तं विन्यवेदयत्

Transliteration

ekadāvasaraṃ prāpya divodāsasya bhūbhujaḥ | rājñī līlāvatī nāma rājñe taṃ vinyavedayat

Translation

ایک بار مناسب موقع پا کر، لیلاوتی نامی ملکہ نے بھوپ دیوداس راجہ کو اس کے بارے میں عرض کیا۔

Word by Word

• एकदा: once
• एकदा: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (once)

• अवसरम्: opportunity
• अवसरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): having obtained

• दिवोदासस्य: of Divodāsa
• दिवोदासस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवोदास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• भूभुजः: of the king (earth-protector)
• भूभुजः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक) + भुज् (धातु; भुज् = to enjoy/protect)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (भूः भुनक्ति/पालयति इति)

• राज्ञी: the queen
• राज्ञी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लीलावती: Līlāvatī
• लीलावती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीलावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपात (appositive marker: by name)

• राज्ञे: to the king
• राज्ञे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विन्यवेदयत्: informed, reported
• विन्यवेदयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नि + वेद् (धातु; वेदयति = to inform)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Kāśī narrative voice (Uttarārdha context; traditionally Skanda addressing Agastya in Kāśī-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Queen Līlāvatī in a private audience with King Divodāsa, leaning slightly forward as she reports about the extraordinary brāhmaṇa; the king attentive on a throne, court subdued.

Characters & Entities

• Divodāsa
• Līlāvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In dharmic narratives, recognition of virtue moves from private admiration to responsible counsel given to rulers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The story belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī setting), though no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.