Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

सत्युवाच । नाकर्णितं मया किंचित्त्वयि प्रब्रुवति प्रभो । पदद्वयीं समाकर्ण्य तां च ते कथयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

satyuvāca | nākarṇitaṃ mayā kiṃcittvayi prabruvati prabho | padadvayīṃ samākarṇya tāṃ ca te kathayāmyaham

Translation

萨蒂说道：“主啊，我并未听见有人对您说出任何毁谤之语。然而我确曾听到寥寥数言——我将把那几句话告诉您。”

Word by Word

• satī: Satī
• satī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच्)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• ākarṇitam: heard
• ākarṇitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākarṇita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘आ+√कर्ण्’ क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; (श्रुतम्/heard)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रमाण (‘किञ्चित्’)

• tvayi: about you / in you
• tvayi: Adhikarana (Regarding/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• prabruvati: (someone) says/utters
• prabruvati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√brū (ब्रू)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prabho: O Lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• pada-dvayīm: the two words / a pair of words
• pada-dvayīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (‘द्वे पदे’ → ‘पदद्वयी’)

• samākarṇya: having heard (them) fully
• samākarṇya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ā-√karṇ (कर्ण्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘समाकर्ण्य’ (having heard well)

• tām: that (pair)
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• kathayāmi: I tell
• kathayāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathaya (कथय; √kath/कथ् causative)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Satī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor (not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satī addresses Śiva with devotion and tact, indicating she heard only ‘two words’ and will relay them—an intimate, respectful exchange.

Characters & Entities

• Satī
• Śiva (addressed as Prabhu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Guarding speech and reporting truth carefully is part of dharma, especially when devotion and honor are involved.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered discourse, though it focuses on dialogue rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concerns communication and the reporting of words.