Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
तनूर्विना हृताः प्राणाः सर्वेषामद्य तेन नः । धैर्यं वीर्यं गतिः कीर्तिः सत्त्वं तेजः पराक्रमः
Transliteration
tanūrvinā hṛtāḥ prāṇāḥ sarveṣāmadya tena naḥ | dhairyaṃ vīryaṃ gatiḥ kīrtiḥ sattvaṃ tejaḥ parākramaḥ
Translation
“আজ তার সেই কৃত্যে দেহ থাকলেও আমাদের সকলের প্রাণ যেন হরণ হয়েছে; ধৈর্য, শক্তি, গতি, কীর্তি, সত্ত্ব, তেজ ও পরাক্রম সবই লুপ্ত।”
Word by Word
तनूःthe body
तनूः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular
विनाwithout
विना:
Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविना (अव्यय)
Formअपादानार्थक अव्यय/उपपद — indeclinable ‘without’, governs तृतीया
हृताःtaken away
हृताः:
Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहृ (धातु) → हृत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Past passive participle, nominative plural
प्राणाःlife-breaths, lives
प्राणाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural
सर्वेषाम्of all (of us)
सर्वेषाम्:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Genitive plural
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय — adverb of time
तेनby that (act/one)
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन — Pronoun, instrumental singular
नःof us
नः:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी, बहुवचन — enclitic ‘of us/to us’ (here genitive)
धैर्यम्steadfastness
धैर्यम्:
Karta (Predicate-noun/प्रथमा)
TypeNoun
Rootधैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular (enumeration)
वीर्यम्strength, valor
वीर्यम्:
Karta (Predicate-noun/प्रथमा)
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular
गतिःmovement, course
गतिः:
Karta (Predicate-noun/प्रथमा)
TypeNoun
Rootगति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular
कीर्तिःfame
कीर्तिः:
Karta (Predicate-noun/प्रथमा)
TypeNoun
Rootकीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular
सत्त्वम्courage/being
सत्त्वम्:
Karta (Predicate-noun/प्रथमा)
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular
तेजःsplendor, energy
तेजः:
Karta (Predicate-noun/प्रथमा)
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular
पराक्रमःheroic prowess
पराक्रमः:
Karta (Predicate-noun/प्रथमा)
TypeNoun
Rootपराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular
Speaker
Andhaka
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A tableau of daitya warriors appearing physically intact yet pallid and dim-eyed, as if their inner flame has gone out; Andhaka’s words hang heavy like smoke over a silent camp.
Characters & Entities
A
AndhakaN
Nandin (implied)Ś
Śukra (implied)FAQs
When one’s support is rooted in ego and aggression, the loss of a single prop can drain all virtues; dharma alone sustains real courage.
Not specified in this verse; the setting remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative world.
None.