Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
योसावुच्चैःश्रवा वाजी श्रूयते सवितूरथे । किं रूपःसोस्ति शबलो धवलो वा वदाशु मे
Transliteration
yosāvuccaiḥśravā vājī śrūyate savitūrathe | kiṃ rūpaḥsosti śabalo dhavalo vā vadāśu me
Translation
“সেই উচ্চৈঃশ্ৰবা অশ্ব, যাক সৱিতৃৰ ৰথত আছে বুলি শোনা যায়—তাৰ ৰূপ কেনেকুৱা? সি কি ছোপছোপ নে ধৱল? সোনকালে মোক কোৱা।”
Word by Word
यःwho/which
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
असौthat (one)
असौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
उच्चैःश्रवाःUccaiḥśravā (the famed horse)
उच्चैःश्रवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootuccaiḥ-śravas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (उच्चैः श्रवः यस्य सः)
वाजीthe horse
वाजी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvājin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; 'उच्चैःश्रवाः' इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन
श्रूयतेis heard of
श्रूयते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु, धातु)
Formलट् (present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (is heard)
सवितुःof Savitṛ (the Sun)
सवितुः:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootsavitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन
रथेon the chariot
रथे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootratha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा; एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
रूपःform, appearance
रूपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; (प्रश्नार्थे)
सःhe/that one
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस्, धातु)
Formलट्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
शबलःspotted, variegated
शबलः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśabala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (सः)
धवलःwhite
धवलः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhavala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (सः)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle)
वदtell
वद:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vad (वद्, धातु)
Formलोट्; मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
आशुquickly
आशु:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootāśu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; शीघ्रार्थक (adverb: quickly)
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी; एकवचन
Speaker
Kadrū
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A vision-like mention of Uccaiḥśravā, the celestial horse associated with Savitṛ’s chariot; Kadrū presses for a quick description—mottled or white—foreshadowing deception and bondage.
Characters & Entities
U
UccaiḥśravāS
Savitṛ (Āditya)FAQs
Attachment to winning turns even small uncertainties into conflict; curiosity can become the seed of rivalry.
No tīrtha is directly mentioned; the verse advances a mythic episode within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting.
None.