Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

एवं चिंतयतस्तस्य पीडासीदतिदारुणा । कोटि वृश्चिकदष्टस्य यावस्था तामवाप सः

Transliteration

evaṃ ciṃtayatastasya pīḍāsīdatidāruṇā | koṭi vṛścikadaṣṭasya yāvasthā tāmavāpa saḥ

Translation

وبينما كان يُفكِّر على هذا النحو، استولت عليه معاناةٌ بالغة الفظاعة؛ فصار كحال من لُدِغ بعشرة ملايين من العقارب.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb)

• चिन्तयतः: of (him) thinking
• चिन्तयतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्तय् (धातु; चिन्+णिच्)
• Form: कृदन्त; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle) षष्ठी एकवचन (Genitive singular): ‘of (him) thinking’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• पीडा: pain, torment
• पीडा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• अतिदारुणा: extremely dreadful
• अतिदारुणा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular); विशेषण (of ‘पीडा’)

• कोटि: a crore
• कोटि: Pramana (Measure/प्रमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (used as numeral: ‘crore’)

• वृश्चिकदष्टस्य: of one bitten by a scorpion
• वृश्चिकदष्टस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृश्चिक + दष्ट (कृदन्त; दंश्/दश् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Genitive singular); समास: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष ‘वृश्चिकेन दष्टः’ (bitten by a scorpion)

• या: which
• या: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• अवस्था: condition/state
• अवस्था: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• ताम्: that (state)
• ताम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• अवाप: attained
• अवाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame; not stated in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A man writhes in unbearable agony, surrounded by a symbolic swarm of scorpions (or scorpion-sting motifs) to convey ‘ten million stings’ as an exaggeration of torment.

Characters & Entities

• A brāhmaṇa/seeker (implied subject)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked mental anguish and karmic distress are portrayed as extreme pain, preparing the narrative for dharmic correction and divine intervention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly named in this verse; it supports the larger Kāśī-centered mahātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.