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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

धिग्धिगेतदधिकर्द्धि चेष्टितं चंक्रमेक्षणविलक्षितं यतः । वीक्षते क्षणमचारुचक्षुषा घातितेन विपदःपदेन च

Transliteration

dhigdhigetadadhikarddhi ceṣṭitaṃ caṃkramekṣaṇavilakṣitaṃ yataḥ | vīkṣate kṣaṇamacārucakṣuṣā ghātitena vipadaḥpadena ca

Translation

ধিক্ এই অতিলাভের অস্থির সাধনা, এদিক-ওদিক ঘোরা ও চারদিকে তাকানোর বিচিত্র অভ্যাস! কারণ অসংযত, অশোভন দৃষ্টিতে ক্ষণমাত্র দৃষ্টি এবং বিপদ-পথে রাখা এক পদক্ষেপ—মানুষকে দুর্ভাগ্যে নিক্ষেপ করে।

Word by Word
धिग्fie!
धिग्:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधिग् (अव्यय)
Formनिन्दार्थक-अव्यय (particle of censure)
धिग्fie again!
धिग्:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधिग् (अव्यय)
Formनिन्दार्थक-अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Sg.)
अधिक-ऋद्धिexcessive prosperity
अधिक-ऋद्धि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootअधिक (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (F., Nom./Acc., Sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (excess + prosperity)
चेष्टितम्deed, conduct
चेष्टितम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचेष्टित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √चेष्ट् (धातु) + क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neut., Nom./Acc., Sg.); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used as noun: 'act/deed')
चंक्रम-ईक्षण-विलक्षितम्distinguished by restless glances/roaming looks
चंक्रम-ईक्षण-विलक्षितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचंक्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + विलक्षित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √लक्ष् + वि + क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neut., Nom./Acc., Sg.); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (marked by roaming/glancing)
यतःbecause, from which
यतः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतस् (अव्यय)
Formहेतौ-अव्यय (causal indeclinable: 'because/from which')
वीक्षतेhe/she looks
वीक्षते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वीक्ष् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Present, 3rd sg., Ātmanepada)
क्षणम्for a moment
क्षणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Acc., Sg.); कालवाचक (time-accusative)
अचारु-चक्षुषाwith an unlovely eye
अचारु-चक्षुषा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअचारु (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Neut., Instr., Sg.); कर्मधारयः ('not-beautiful' + 'eye')
घातितेनby one who has been struck/afflicted
घातितेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघातित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हन्/घात् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Instr., Sg.); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (causative PPP: 'made to strike/kill')
विपदः-पदेनby the step/place of calamity
विपदः-पदेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविपद् (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Neut., Instr., Sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('of calamity' + 'foot/step/place')
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A moral tableau: a traveler with darting eyes and hurried steps approaches a broken, thorny path; shadows of wealth and distractions lure him, while a calm ascetic points toward a steady, lamp-lit path leading to a Śiva-liṅga cityscape of Kāśī.

FAQs

Uncontrolled striving and undisciplined sense-gazing lead to downfall; steadiness and restraint protect dharma.

The verse is within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s broader glorification of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), though this line itself is a general moral warning.

No explicit rite is stated here; the emphasis is ethical restraint (indriya-nigraha) as a dhārmic discipline.

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