Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

कुमारी क्रीडनीयानि कौतुकानि च देहि मे । दंतिदंतमयान्येव स्वहस्तरचितानि च

Transliteration

kumārī krīḍanīyāni kautukāni ca dehi me | daṃtidaṃtamayānyeva svahastaracitāni ca

Translation

Hỡi thiếu nữ, xin ban cho ta đồ chơi và những vật kỳ thú đáng yêu—được làm bằng ngà voi, lại do chính tay nàng chế tác.

Word by Word

• कुमारी: O maiden/young girl
• कुमारी: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधनार्थे प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्रीडनीयानि: playthings; things to play with
• क्रीडनीयानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रीडनीय (कृदन्त; √क्रीड् (धातु) + अनीय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भावे अनीय-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (to be played with)

• कौतुकानि: toys; curios; amusements
• कौतुकानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप (my/to me-context)

• दंतिदंतमयानि: made of elephant tusk/ivory
• दंतिदंतमयानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दंति-दंत-मय (प्रातिपदिक; दंति + दंत + मय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थे ‘दंतिदंत’ (elephant-tusk) + मय (made of)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Modifier (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• स्वहस्तरचितानि: made by (your) own hand
• स्वहस्तरचितानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व-हस्त-रचित (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + हस्त + रचित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘रचित’ (कृदन्त; √रच् + क्त) विशेषण; स्वहस्तेन रचितानि (made by one’s own hand)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Guru-kanyā (continuing), within Skanda’s narration to Agastya (context of Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young maiden petitions the divine artisan for playful curios and ivory-like toys, emphasizing hand-crafted delicacy and refined courtly intimacy.

Characters & Entities

• Guru-kanyā
• Tvāṣṭra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service extends to every member of the guru’s family; fulfilling duties with care supports dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting; this verse itself is not tīrtha-specific.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is a request for crafted items.