Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
यदच्छभित्तौ वीक्ष्य स्वमन्ययोपिद्विशंकिता । मुग्धानाशुविशेच्चित्रमपिस्वांचित्रशालिकाम्
Transliteration
yadacchabhittau vīkṣya svamanyayopidviśaṃkitā | mugdhānāśuviśeccitramapisvāṃcitraśālikām
Translation
在无瑕的墙上望见自己的倒影，迷惘的女子疑心那是自己还是他人，竟会急急走入那幅彩绘之中，仿佛进入自己的画廊。
Word by Word
yadāwhen
yadā:
Sambandha (Temporal relation/कालसम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (when)
accha-bhittauon the clear wall
accha-bhittau:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootaccha (प्रातिपदिक) + bhitti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (अच्छा भित्तिः)
vīkṣyahaving seen
vīkṣya:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√īkṣ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), 'having seen'
svamherself/one's own (image)
svam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; आत्मवाचक-विशेष्य (one's own [image/self])
anyayāby another (woman)
anyayā:
Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
apieven/also
api:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: 'also/even')
dvi-śaṃkitādoubly suspicious
dvi-śaṃkitā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (प्रातिपदिक) + śaṃkita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (द्विधा शङ्किता = doubly suspicious)
mugdhāthe innocent girl
mugdhā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmugdhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation)
āśuquickly
āśu:
Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootāśu (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)
viśetshould enter
viśet:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√viś (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
citrama picture
citram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcitra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
apieven
api:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: even)
svāmher own
svām:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण
citra-śālikāmpicture-gallery/painting-room
citra-śālikām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcitra (प्रातिपदिक) + śālikā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चित्रस्य शालिका)
Speaker
Gaṇas (context continues)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A polished, flawless wall in a Kāśī mansion reflects a woman so perfectly that she doubts whether it is herself or another; nearby, a painted gallery seems to open like a doorway.
Characters & Entities
C
Citraśālā (picture-gallery)FAQs
The text heightens reverence for the place by portraying it as wondrous beyond ordinary perception.
Sahasrākṣa-purī’s palaces and interiors are being described as miraculously splendid.
None; it is descriptive praise (māhātmya) rather than instruction.