Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

भवांतरे प्रेमपात्रमेतयैक्षितु किंचन । चिरात्तेन च संगत्य सुखमूर्च्छामवाप ह

Transliteration

bhavāṃtare premapātrametayaikṣitu kiṃcana | cirāttena ca saṃgatya sukhamūrcchāmavāpa ha

Translation

Trong một đời khác, sự hiện diện thánh thiện này từng là đối tượng tình yêu để nàng chiêm ngưỡng. Nay sau bao lâu gặp lại, nàng liền rơi vào cơn ngất lịm của hỷ lạc.

Word by Word

• bhava-antare: in another existence (former birth)
• bhava-antare: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (Loc., 7th), एकवचन (sg.); सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (bhavasya antare)

• prema-pātram: an object of love
• prema-pātram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prema (प्रातिपदिक) + pātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Acc., 2nd), एकवचन (sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (premṇaḥ pātram)

• etayā: by her / with her
• etayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), तृतीया (Instr., 3rd), एकवचन (sg.)

• īkṣituṃ: to see
• īkṣituṃ: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: īkṣ (धातु) (तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), धातु: ईक्ष्—‘ईक्षते/ईक्षति’

• kiṃcana: something / anything
• kiṃcana: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcana (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Acc., 2nd), एकवचन (sg.); अनिश्चित/अल्पार्थक (something/anything)

• cirāt: after a long time
• cirāt: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cirāt (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (after a long time)

• tena: with him
• tena: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instr., 3rd), एकवचन (sg.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• saṃgatya: having met/associated
• saṃgatya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-gam (धातु) (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘सम्+गम्’

• sukha-mūrcchām: a swoon of pleasure
• sukha-mūrcchām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrcchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc., 2nd), एकवचन (sg.); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभावः—‘सुखरूपा मূर्च्छा’

• avāpa: attained / experienced
• avāpa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.); परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः अव-

• ha: indeed
• ha: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/narrative particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A subtle sacred presence (deity, liṅga, saint, or holy sight) is implied; the woman, upon seeing it, collapses into a blissful swoon; attendants support her, now reverent rather than alarmed.

Characters & Entities

• Kalāvatī (implied)
• Jñānavāpī / sacred presence (context)
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Past-life devotion can mature in the present; encountering a sacred presence again can trigger profound bliss and remembrance beyond the mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jñānavāpī (context), portrayed as the meeting-point where long-stored devotion ripens into ecstatic experience.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse teaches through narrative—linking tīrtha-darśana with the fruition of past devotion.