Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अतिस्नेहार्द्रचित्तस्य जनेतुश्चेति भाषितम् । निशम्य धूतपापा सा प्रोवाच विनतानना

Transliteration

atisnehārdracittasya janetuśceti bhāṣitam | niśamya dhūtapāpā sā provāca vinatānanā

Translation

اپنے جنم دینے والے کے وہ کلمات سن کر—جس کا دل گہری محبت سے نرم ہو گیا تھا—دھوت پاپا نے، حیا سے چہرہ جھکا کر، جواب دینا شروع کیا۔

Word by Word

• अतिस्नेहार्द्रचित्तस्य: of (him) whose heart was softened by great affection
• अतिस्नेहार्द्रचित्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिस्नेहार्द्रचित्त (प्रातिपदिक; अति + स्नेह + आर्द्र + चित्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक (सन्दर्भतः पुं), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of one whose heart is very moist with affection)

• जनेतुः: of the father/progenitor
• जनेतुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनेतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक

• भाषितम्: was spoken
• भाषितम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (was spoken/said)

• निशम्य: having heard
• निशम्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शम् (धातु)
• Form: नि + शम्; क्त्वान्त (absolutive); ‘श्रुत्वा’ (having heard)

• धूतपापा: Dhūtapāpā (the sinless one)
• धूतपापा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूतपाप (प्रातिपदिक; धूत + पाप)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम/विशेषणवत्)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रोवाच: said
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग-प्र (said)

• विनतानना: with downcast face
• विनतानना: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनतानना (प्रातिपदिक; विनत + आनन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (with a modest/bowed face)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhūtapāpā listens, then begins to speak with her face lowered in modesty, while her father’s affectionate gaze rests upon her.

Characters & Entities

• Dhūtapāpā
• Vedaśirā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Affection should be guided by righteousness; humility and measured speech are portrayed as virtues.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, but does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition to the maiden’s response.