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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यावद्वेदमधीते च चरन्वेदव्रतानि च । ब्रह्मचारी भवेत्तावदूर्ध्वं स्नातो गृही भवेत्

Transliteration

yāvadvedamadhīte ca caranvedavratāni ca | brahmacārī bhavettāvadūrdhvaṃ snāto gṛhī bhavet

Translation

Chừng nào còn học Veda và giữ các kỷ luật Veda, chừng ấy hãy là brahmacārī. Sau đó, khi đã hoàn tất đời sống học trò và làm lễ tắm kết thúc (snāna), vị ấy trở thành người gia chủ (gṛhastha).

Word by Word
यावत्as long as
यावत्:
Temporal correlate (काल-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध)
Formअव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्ध (correlative) ‘as long as’
वेदम्the Veda
वेदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
अधीतेstudies
अधीते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-√इ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)
चरन्practicing/observing
चरन्:
Karta (Agent participle qualifying implied subject)
TypeAdjective
Root√चर् (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘while practicing’
वेदव्रतानिVedic vows/observances
वेदव्रतानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: वेदस्य व्रतानि (vows related to the Veda)
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात
ब्रह्मचारीa brahmacārin (celibate student)
ब्रह्मचारी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
भवेत्should be
भवेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
तावत्so long
तावत्:
Temporal correlate (काल-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध)
Formअव्यय; यावत्-तावत् सम्बन्ध ‘so long/that long’
ऊर्ध्वम्afterwards
ऊर्ध्वम्:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘afterwards/thereafter’
स्नातःhaving bathed (after completion)
स्नातः:
Visheshana (Predicate adjective of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्नात (कृदन्त; √स्ना धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘having bathed’
गृहीa householder
गृही:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootगृहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘householder’
भवेत्should become
भवेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Gaṅgā within Kāśī as the implied snāna setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General dharma audience; especially students and householders

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A student completes Veda-study, performs the concluding bath at a riverbank (Gaṅgā), then is shown receiving blessings as a snātaka ready for household life; Kāśī ghāṭs and sunrise frame the rite of completion.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda
A
Agastya
K
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

Life is structured as dharmic stages: learning and restraint first, then responsibility and sacred household duty.

Kāśī is the narrative frame, presenting the city as a traditional center for Vedic study and āśrama-based dharma.

It indicates the completion of brahmacarya through the concluding bath (snāna) before entering gṛhastha.

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