Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

कुमारी पतिमाप्नोति स्वाढ्यं सर्वगुणाधिकम् । सुवासिनी लभेत्पुत्रान्पत्युः सौख्यमखंडितम्

Transliteration

kumārī patimāpnoti svāḍhyaṃ sarvaguṇādhikam | suvāsinī labhetputrānpatyuḥ saukhyamakhaṃḍitam

Translation

未婚少女得一位富足而具足诸德之夫；已婚妇人得诸子嗣，其夫之安乐亦得圆满无缺、绵延不断。

Word by Word

• कुमारी: a maiden, unmarried girl
• कुमारी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पतिम्: husband
• पतिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आप्नोति: attains, obtains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्वाढ्यम्: very wealthy, prosperous
• स्वाढ्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वाढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• सर्वगुणाधिकम्: surpassing all virtues
• सर्वगुणाधिकम्: Karma (कर्म/Object-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-गुण-अधिक (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + गुण + अधिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• सुवासिनी: a happily married woman
• सुवासिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-वासिनी (प्रातिपदिक; सु + वासिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पत्युः: of the husband
• पत्युः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सौख्यम्: happiness, comfort
• सौख्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अखण्डितम्: unbroken, uninterrupted
• अखण्डितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-खण्डित (प्रातिपदिक; खण्ड् (धातु) से क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Women devotees in Kāśī performing a tṛtīyā-vrata: offering flowers and lamps to Śiva/Devī near a ghat, with the Gaṅgā flowing and temple spires behind; blessings for marriage, sons, and unbroken conjugal happiness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vowed observance performed with faith in Kāśī is said to mature into tangible auspicious results—virtue, prosperity, and household harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the sacred field where vratas quickly bear fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific act is stated in this verse; it states the phala (benefits) associated with the vrata described in this adhyāya.