Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मचारि समाचार इति ते समुदी रितः । घटोद्भव प्रसंगेन स्त्रीलक्षणमथ ब्रुवे

Transliteration

brahmacāri samācāra iti te samudī ritaḥ | ghaṭodbhava prasaṃgena strīlakṣaṇamatha bruve

Translation

婆罗门梵行者的行持已如是为你说明。如今，噢迦托德婆婆（阿伽斯提耶），在同一语境中，我将宣说女子的特征。

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मचारि: O brahmacārin (celibate student)
• ब्रह्मचारि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• समाचारः: conduct, proper practice
• समाचारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थक-निदर्शक (quotative particle)

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana/Sambandha (Recipient/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी?—अत्र षष्ठी-एकवचनस्य रूपम् (Genitive singular) ‘तव/ते’; सम्बन्धे (to you/for you)

• सम्: completely (prefix)
• सम्: Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग (preverb)

• उदीरितः: has been declared
• उदीरितः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + ईर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्गयुक्तः (सम्+उद्); कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘has been stated’

• घटोद्भव: O Pot-born one (Agastya)
• घटोद्भव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घट + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (घटात् उद्भवः)

• प्रसंगेन: by occasion, in connection
• प्रसंगेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; निमित्ते (by occasion of)

• स्त्रीलक्षणम्: the characteristics of a woman
• स्त्रीलक्षणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्त्रियाः लक्षणम्)

• अथ: now, then
• अथ: Krama (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तर (now/then)

• ब्रुवे: I speak, I shall tell
• ब्रुवे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrative hinge: Skanda pauses after explaining brahmacārin conduct, then turns to Agastya with a gesture indicating a new topic; manuscripts and a water-pot (Agastya’s kamaṇḍalu) signal scholastic continuity.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma teaching is systematic: discipline in student life is followed by guidance for household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī), but the verse itself is a narrative transition without tirtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual; it introduces the next topic—criteria/marks relevant to marriage and household dharma.