Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ज्ञानेन तं समालोच्य वरमीदृग्गुणोदयम् । धन्यां कन्यां बभाषेथ शृणु वत्से शुभैषिणि

Transliteration

jñānena taṃ samālocya varamīdṛgguṇodayam | dhanyāṃ kanyāṃ babhāṣetha śṛṇu vatse śubhaiṣiṇi

Translation

以智慧观照，知此新郎具如是德行之兴盛。于是他对那福慧具足的少女说道：“听着，爱女啊，汝乃求吉祥者。”

Word by Word

• jñānena: by knowledge
• jñānena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (ज्ञान प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• tam: him/that (matter)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• samālocya: having considered
• samālocya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-loc (सम्+आ+लोक् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• varam: a bridegroom
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• īdṛg-guṇa-udayam: having such a rise of virtues
• īdṛg-guṇa-udayam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īdṛś + guṇa + udaya (ईदृश + गुण + उदय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘ईदृशानां गुणानाम् उदयः’ = rise of such virtues)

• dhanyām: fortunate
• dhanyām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanyā (धन्या प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kanyām: the maiden/daughter
• kanyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (कन्या प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• babhāṣe: spoke
• babhāṣe: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhāṣ (भाष् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then)

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vatse: dear child
• vatse: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (वत्स प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; स्नेहसम्बोधन

• śubha-eṣiṇi: O seeker of auspiciousness
• śubha-eṣiṇi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha + eṣiṇī (शुभ + एषिणी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘शुभम् एषते’ = seeker of good)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda speaking to Agastya, inferred from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/father-figure, having reflected, turns to the maiden with gentle authority; the maiden listens with folded hands, seeking auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Muni
• Kanyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right counsel begins with discernment (jñāna) and culminates in dharmic instruction aimed at true auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of Kāśī’s sacred teaching context but does not name a specific tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it introduces instruction (upadeśa) about the conditions for attaining a worthy husband.