Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
स्वभाव एव द्युसदां परोत्कर्षासहिष्णुता । बलि बाण दधीच्याद्यैरपराद्धं किमत्र तैः
Transliteration
svabhāva eva dyusadāṃ parotkarṣāsahiṣṇutā | bali bāṇa dadhīcyādyairaparāddhaṃ kimatra taiḥ
Translation
إنها لطبيعةُ سكان السماء ألا يطيقوا تفوّق غيرهم. فما العجب إذن أن أساؤوا إلى بالي وبانا ودَدهيتشي وغيرهم؟
Word by Word
स्वभावः(it is) the nature
स्वभावः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'nature'
एवindeed
एव:
Discourse particle (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण अव्यय (indeed)
द्युसदाम्of the gods
द्युसदाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootद्युसद् (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: द्यु (स्वर्ग) + सद् (dwelling)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; 'of the heaven-dwellers (gods)'
परोत्कर्षासहिष्णुताintolerance of others’ excellence
परोत्कर्षासहिष्णुता:
Karta (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootपर-उत्कर्ष-असहिष्णुता (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: पर + उत्कर्ष + असहिष्णुता
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—'परस्य उत्कर्षः' तस्मिन् असहिष्णुता (intolerance of others' superiority)
बलिBali
बलि:
Karta (Agent in implied clause/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (Bali)
बाणBāṇa
बाण:
Karta (Agent in implied clause/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबाण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (Bāṇa)
दधीचि-आद्यैःby Dadhīci and others
दधीचि-आद्यैः:
Karana/Agent-group (Instrument/कर्ता-समूह)
TypeNoun
Rootदधीचि-आदि (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: दधीचि + आदि
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; 'by Dadhīci and others' (आदि-समास)
अपराद्धम्wrongdoing
अपराद्धम्:
Karma/Predicate (Object/भाव)
TypeNoun
Rootअपराध (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √राध् (धातु) + अप + घञ्/भाव)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; 'offence/wrong' (here: 'was committed')
किम्what
किम्:
Interrogative (प्रश्न)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक—'what?'
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adverbial (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (here/in this matter)
तैःby them
तैः:
Karana/Agent (Instrument/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; 'by them'
Speaker
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Muni/interlocutor
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A montage-like moral tableau: Bali humbled, Bāṇa confronted, Dadhīci offering his bones—framed as examples of deva intolerance toward others’ greatness.
Characters & Entities
D
DevasB
BaliB
BāṇaD
DadhīciFAQs
Even celestial power can be shadowed by envy; dharma calls for humility and recognition of true merit.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse functions as moral framing within the Kāśī narrative.
None.