Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

कथं नाज्ञायि तनयो ऽविनयानयकोविदः । इति श्रुत्वा त्रपाभार विनम्रतरकंधरः

Transliteration

kathaṃ nājñāyi tanayo 'vinayānayakovidaḥ | iti śrutvā trapābhāra vinamratarakaṃdharaḥ

Translation

«كيف لم يُعرَف الابن، وهو الماهر في جرّ المرء إلى سوء الأدب؟» فلما سمع ذلك، أثقلته الخزيَةُ فانحنى بعنقه أكثر.

Word by Word

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha (Question/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• अज्ञायि: was known, was recognized
• अज्ञायि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/लुङ्), कर्मणि/भावे, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘अज्ञायि’ = was known/was recognized

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अविनय-आनय-कोविदः: skilled in leading to improper conduct
• अविनय-आनय-कोविदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविनय (प्रातिपदिक) + आनय (प्रातिपदिक) + कोविद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तनयः इति विशेषणम्; ‘अविनयम् आनयति’ इति (skilled in bringing about misconduct)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक (quotative particle)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having heard)

• त्रपा-भार: burdened with shame
• त्रपा-भार: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रपा (प्रातिपदिक) + भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘त्रपायाः भारः’ (burden of shame)

• विनम्रतर-कन्धरः: with neck bent down further (in shame)
• विनम्रतर-कन्धरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनम्रतर (प्रातिपदिक; विनम्र + तर) + कन्धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘विनम्रतरा कन्धरा यस्य’ इति (having a more-bent neck)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A chastening remark is heard; the man’s shoulders droop, neck bowed deeply under the weight of shame; surrounding figures watch in silence, the moment frozen as an inner conversion.

Characters & Entities

• son
• shame (trapā)
• avinaya (impropriety)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma begins with honest recognition of fault; shame can become the first step toward correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī remains the overarching sacred canvas of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, shaping the narrative as instruction for righteous living.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it depicts inner response (shame and humility) rather than an external rite.