Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अपोथसमुपस्पृश्य तांबूलं परिगृह्य च । मात्रा पृष्टः सोपरोधं ध्रुवस्तां पर्यभाषत

Transliteration

apothasamupaspṛśya tāṃbūlaṃ parigṛhya ca | mātrā pṛṣṭaḥ soparodhaṃ dhruvastāṃ paryabhāṣata

Translation

Sau khi súc miệng và nhận trầu cau, khi được mẹ hỏi, Dhruva đáp lại bà với nỗi phẫn uất được kìm giữ.

Word by Word

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; neuter, accusative, plural

• उत्स: spring (water-source)
• उत्स: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; masculine, accusative, singular

• सम्: together/fully (prefix)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग (prefix)

• उपस्पृश्य: having touched
• उपस्पृश्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु) + उप (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; having touched

• ताम्बूलम्: betel (leaf/quid)
• ताम्बूलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्बूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; neuter, accusative, singular

• परिगृह्य: having accepted
• परिगृह्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + परि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; having taken/accepted

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• मात्रा: by (his) mother
• मात्रा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; feminine, instrumental, singular

• पृष्टः: (he) being asked
• पृष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; masculine, nominative, singular; ‘having been asked’

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun, masculine, nominative, singular

• उपरोधम्: with restraint/hesitation
• उपरोधम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपरोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; masculine, accusative, singular

• ध्रुवः: Dhruva
• ध्रुवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; masculine, nominative, singular (proper name)

• ताम्: to her / her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun, feminine, accusative, singular

• पर्यभाषत: spoke (to her)
• पर्यभाषत: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष् (धातु) + परि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular; he spoke

Speaker

Skanda (narrating to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical Purāṇic audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Young Dhruva performs ācamanā, accepts tāmbūla, then turns toward his mother with controlled indignation, eyes bright with hurt and resolve; palace interior with attendants at a distance.

Characters & Entities

• Dhruva
• Sunīti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when wronged, one should speak after composure and basic discipline, not in uncontrolled rage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it remains a narrative scene within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A customary act of cleanliness/etiquette (rinsing the mouth) is implied, not a formal vrata.