Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
Devanagari script
यूका संवीक्ष्यवीक्ष्यैव भक्षयेद्दंतकोटिभिः । गोलांगूलारक्तमुखानीलां गा यूथथनायकाः
Transliteration
yūkā saṃvīkṣyavīkṣyaiva bhakṣayeddaṃtakoṭibhiḥ | golāṃgūlāraktamukhānīlāṃ gā yūthathanāyakāḥ
Translation
بعد أن يتفحّصها مرارًا، حتى القملة تعضّ بأطراف أسنانها؛ وقادة القطيع—زُرق الأجساد، حُمر الأفواه، مستديري الذيول—يتحرّكون بلا خوف.
Word by Word
yūkāa louse
yūkā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyūkā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
saṃvīkṣyahaving examined well
saṃvīkṣya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial to main verb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaṃ-√īkṣ (धातु) → saṃvīkṣya (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययीभाव-रूप)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having observed carefully)
vīkṣyahaving looked (repeatedly)
vīkṣya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√īkṣ (धातु) → vīkṣya (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-पूर्वक्रिया (having looked again and again)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
bhakṣayetwould eat/devour
bhakṣayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bhakṣ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
danta-koṭibhiḥwith the tips/edges of (its) teeth
danta-koṭibhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootdanta (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (दन्तानां कोटयः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (कोटि), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
golāṃgūla-rakta-mukhā-nīlāṃa blue (cow) with cow-like tail and red mouth
golāṃgūla-rakta-mukhā-nīlāṃ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeAdjective
Rootgo (प्रातिपदिक) + lāṃgūla (प्रातिपदिक) + rakta (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + nīla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुपद-कर्मधारय-समास (गो-लाङ्गूलः, रक्त-मुखः, नीलः इति गुणसमुच्चय); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण
gāma cow
gām:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootgo (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
yūtha-stha-nāyakāḥleaders of the herd
yūtha-stha-nāyakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyūtha (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक) + nāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (यूथे स्थाः = यूथस्थाः; तेषां नायकाः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A surreal Kāśī grove where even tiny creatures show boldness; herd-leaders with striking colors move calmly, suggesting a protected, enchanted ecology under the kṣetra’s aura.
Characters & Entities
K
KāśīY
Yūkā (louse)G
Gāḥ (cattle)FAQs
The verse continues the theme that in Kāśī even the smallest harms and the greatest fears lose their force, indicating a kṣetra that disciplines hostility.
Kāśī-kṣetra broadly.
None.