Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

अंगोद्वर्तन काले या त्वया मेंऽगुलितो हृता । नवरत्नमयीं शीघ्रं तामानीय प्रयच्छ मे

Transliteration

aṃgodvartana kāle yā tvayā meṃ'gulito hṛtā | navaratnamayīṃ śīghraṃ tāmānīya prayaccha me

Translation

“Chiếc nhẫn nàng đã lấy khỏi ngón tay ta khi xoa bột thơm lên thân—chiếc nhẫn nạm chín báu—hãy mau đem về và trao lại cho ta.”

Word by Word

• aṅga-udvartana: body-rubbing (massage)
• aṅga-udvartana: Sambandha (Genitive relation within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅga+udvartana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासान्त), सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (aṅgasya udvartanaṃ) — used as first member in compound with kāla

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Masculine, locative singular

• yā: which (she/it)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Relative pronoun, feminine nominative singular

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3/तृतीया), एकवचन — Pronoun, instrumental singular

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Pronoun, genitive singular (enclitic)

• aṅgulitaḥ: from (my) finger
• aṅgulitaḥ: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅguli (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Feminine, ablative singular

• hṛtā: taken away
• hṛtā: Kriyā (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛ (हृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — PPP, feminine nominative singular; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘taken away’

• navaratnamayīm: made of nine gems
• navaratnamayīm: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava+ratna+maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Feminine accusative singular; समास: नवरत्नमयी (navaratnaiḥ mayī)

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Adverbial (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)

• tām: that (ring)
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Pronoun, feminine accusative singular

• ānīya: having brought
• ānīya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+nī (नी धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (ल्यप्/तुमुन्-न), ‘आनीय’ = ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund) — having brought

• prayaccha: give
• prayaccha: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+yam (यम् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative, 2nd person singular

• me: to me
• me: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4/चतुर्थी), एकवचन — Pronoun, dative singular (enclitic)

Speaker

Dīkṣita

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A close-up narrative moment: the speaker points to his bare finger, demanding the return of a navaratna ring allegedly removed during body-rubbing; attendants and puja items surround the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Dīkṣita
• Dīkṣitāyinī
• navaratna ring (śubhormikā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to valuables can provoke harsh speech; dharma asks for self-control and truth even in small domestic matters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Kāśī (Varanasi) in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on household dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Aṅgodvartana (body-rubbing with unguents) is mentioned as a context, not as a prescribed vrata.