Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तिसृभिस्ताभिरेकत्र वाग्देवीपरिशीलिता । ताभ्यः सर्वाः कलाः प्रादात्परिप्रीता सरस्वती

Transliteration

tisṛbhistābhirekatra vāgdevīpariśīlitā | tābhyaḥ sarvāḥ kalāḥ prādātpariprītā sarasvatī

Translation

她与那三人同修勤习，奉事语神婆伽提；萨拉斯瓦蒂欢喜，遂赐予她们一切诸艺。

Word by Word

• तिसृभिः: by the three
• तिसृभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; विशेषणम् (ताभिः)

• ताभिः: by them (those women)
• ताभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• एकत्र: together
• एकत्र: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — देश/समूह-अर्थे (together; in one place)

• वाग्देवीपरिशीलिता: well-trained by/under the Goddess of Speech
• वाग्देवीपरिशीलिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाग्देवी (प्रातिपदिक) + परि-शील् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘परिशीलित’ = well-cultivated/studied; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वाग्देव्याः परिशीलिता)

• ताभ्यः: to/from them
• ताभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), बहुवचन — Ablative plural

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Nominative plural; विशेषणम् (कलाः)

• कलाः: arts/skills
• कलाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• प्रादात्: gave
• प्रादात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperfect, 3rd person singular

• परिप्रीता: being very pleased
• परिप्रीता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-प्रि (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī appears or is invoked: the four women seated in a semicircle practicing music, poetry, and painting; Sarasvatī, radiant and calm, bestows ‘all arts’ as a shower of light or as symbolic gifts (vīṇā, pustaka, mālā).

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Vāgdevī
• Kalāḥ (arts)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined cultivation of learning and speech, undertaken with devotion, draws divine grace and the flowering of talents.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader episode is situated in Kāśī’s Ratneśvara context, though this verse emphasizes Sarasvatī’s grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied practice of vāgdevī-sevā/pariśīlana—devotional cultivation of sacred learning and speech.