Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

बलात्स्वप्नदशां प्राप्ता भाविनोर्थस्य गौरवात् । आत्मविस्मरणे हेतू ततो मे द्वौ बभूवतुः

Transliteration

balātsvapnadaśāṃ prāptā bhāvinorthasya gauravāt | ātmavismaraṇe hetū tato me dvau babhūvatuḥ

Translation

因未来之事的沉重压迫，我坠入如梦之境；于是于我生起两种因缘，导致对自我的遗忘。

Word by Word

• बलात्: forcibly
• बलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ (from force/forcibly)

• स्वप्नदशाम्: the state of sleep
• स्वप्नदशाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक) + दशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (स्वप्नस्य दशा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्ता: having reached
• प्राप्ता: Karta (Agent participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (having attained)

• भाविनः: of the future
• भाविनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (अर्थस्य)

• अर्थस्य: of the matter/meaning
• अर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गौरवात्: due to the gravity (of it)
• गौरवात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ (because of weight/importance)

• आत्मविस्मरणे: in self-forgetfulness
• आत्मविस्मरणे: Adhikaraṇa (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + विस्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (आत्मनः विस्मरणम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हेतू: two causes
• हेतू: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore/from that)

• मे: for me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/Dative relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (मम/मह्यम्); अत्र षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (for me/of me)

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण (हेतू इति)

• बभूवतुः: came to be
• बभूवतुः: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Ratnāvalī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ratneśvara (as the source-impression behind the dream)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Her friends

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The heroine, overwhelmed, slips into a dream-state; the composition suggests two looming ‘causes’ leading to self-forgetfulness—perhaps two symbolic forms (desire and devotion, or fate and grace) hovering as she sleeps.

Characters & Entities

• Ratnāvalī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives often show how powerful destiny and sacred impressions can move the mind into altered states, preparing a turning point.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; it continues the Ratneśvara-in-Kāśī narrative aftermath.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes an inner psychological/spiritual state.