Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

धिक्च मां तापसं दुष्टं धिक्च मे दुश्चरं तपः । धिक्च क्षेत्रमिदं शंभोः सर्वेषां च प्रतारकम्

Transliteration

dhikca māṃ tāpasaṃ duṣṭaṃ dhikca me duścaraṃ tapaḥ | dhikca kṣetramidaṃ śaṃbhoḥ sarveṣāṃ ca pratārakam

Translation

ধিক্ মোৰ ওপৰত, এই দুষ্ট তাপসৰ ওপৰত! ধিক্ মোৰ দুৰাচাৰ তপস্যাৰ ওপৰত! ধিক্ শম্ভুৰ এই ক্ষেত্ৰৰ ওপৰত, যি যেন সকলোকে প্ৰতাৰণা কৰে!

Word by Word

• धिक्: shame! fie!
• धिक्: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धिक् (अव्यय)
• Form: निन्दार्थक निपात (interjection of censure)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म); सर्वनाम (1st pers. acc. sg.)

• तापसम्: ascetic
• तापसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• दुष्टम्: wicked
• दुष्टम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (masc. acc. sg.)

• धिक्: shame!
• धिक्: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धिक् (अव्यय)
• Form: निन्दार्थक निपात (interjection)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध); सर्वनाम (1st pers. gen. sg.)

• दुश्चरम्: hard to perform
• दुश्चरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुश्चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neut. acc. sg.)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• धिक्: shame!
• धिक्: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धिक् (अव्यय)
• Form: निन्दार्थक निपात (interjection)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• क्षेत्रम्: field; sacred region
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neut. acc. sg.)

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (masc. gen. sg.)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (gen. pl.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रतारकम्: deceiver, deluder
• प्रतारकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-तॄ (धातु) + ण्वुल् → प्रतारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे नाम (neut. acc. sg.)

Speaker

Durvāsā (in narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Śambhu-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā stands agitated, striking his chest in self-reproach while gesturing angrily toward the sacred precinct; the holy environment remains serene, underscoring his misdirected blame.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Śambhu
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger can invert one’s vision so that even a liberating kṣetra appears blameworthy; inner purity is essential to recognize grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra of Śambhu—Kāśī—implicitly, as the sacred field being (mis)judged in the outburst.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an emotional utterance revealing how tapas can be undermined by krodha.