Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

व्यपैति न यदा मूर्छा तत्तच्छीतोपचारतः । तस्यास्तदैकयानीतं रत्नेशस्नपनोदकम्

Transliteration

vyapaiti na yadā mūrchā tattacchītopacārataḥ | tasyāstadaikayānītaṃ ratneśasnapanodakam

Translation

Khi cơn ngất của nàng vẫn không tan dù đã dùng các cách làm mát ấy, họ liền mang đến cho nàng nước tắm dùng trong lễ abhiṣeka (tắm thánh) của Ratneśa.

Word by Word

• व्यपैति: goes away; subsides
• व्यपैति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अप-इ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: when)

• मूर्छा: fainting; swoon
• मूर्छा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-पूर्वपद (that/that very)

• तत्: each
• तत्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each and every)

• शीतोपचारतः: from cooling treatment
• शीतोपचारतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीत + उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘शीतस्य उपचारात्’ (from cooling treatment)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (that)

• एक: alone; single
• एक: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे/समासपूर्वपद; ‘one/alone’ (numeral adjective)

• यानीतम्: brought
• यानीतम्: Kriya (Resultant action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपसर्ग-युक्त (आ-नीत = brought)

• रत्नेशस्नपनोदकम्: the bathing-water of Ratneśa (Śiva)
• रत्नेशस्नपनोदकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्नेश + स्नपन + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘रत्नेशस्य स्नपन-उदकम्’ (bathing-water of Ratneśa)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small brass vessel of freshly collected abhiṣeka water from Ratneśa is brought swiftly; the friends lift it toward the fainted Ratnāvalī, expecting sacred cooling and revival.

Characters & Entities

• Ratneśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When ordinary remedies fail, sacred contact with Śiva’s sanctified water is presented as a higher, faith-based means of relief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ratneśa in Kāśī is invoked through “Ratneśa-snapana-udaka,” implying the sanctity of Kāśī’s Śaiva worship and its consecrated waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use of snapana-udaka—water from the deity’s ablution—as a sacred remedial application.