Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तद्धैर्यमवलंब्येह युध्यध्वमरिभिः सह । सूदयिष्याम्यहं सर्वान्प्रमथान्सह नंदिना

Transliteration

taddhairyamavalaṃbyeha yudhyadhvamaribhiḥ saha | sūdayiṣyāmyahaṃ sarvānpramathānsaha naṃdinā

Translation

“অতএব এখানে সেই ধৈর্য ধারণ করে শত্রুদের সঙ্গে যুদ্ধ কর। আমি নন্দীসহ সকল প্রমথকে বিনাশ করব।”

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Pronoun used adjectivally

• धैर्यम्: steadfastness
• धैर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• अवलम्ब्य: having relied on
• अवलम्ब्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव-लम्ब् (धातु) → अवलम्ब्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — having relied on

• इह: here
• इह: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय — adverb of place

• युध्यध्वम्: fight!
• युध्यध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद — Imperative, 2nd person plural (Ātmanepada)

• अरिभिः: with enemies
• अरिभिः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• सह: with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय/उपपद — ‘with’, governs तृतीया

• सूदयिष्यामि: I will slay
• सूदयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सूद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 1st person singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 1st person pronoun, nominative singular

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural qualifying प्रमथान्

• प्रमथान्: the Pramathas (Śiva’s attendants)
• प्रमथान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• सह: along with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय/उपपद — ‘with’, governs तृतीया

• नन्दिना: with Nandin
• नन्दिना: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

Speaker

Andhaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka rises, weapon lifted, rallying the daityas; behind him banners snap; in the distance, the formidable silhouettes of Pramathas and the white bull-bannered presence of Nandin loom.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Pramathas
• Nandin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Misguided courage that turns against the divine becomes self-destructive; valor must be governed by dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.