Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ज्वलदंगारवत्तेजो यावत्तस्यशरीरतः । विनिर्ययौ तपस्तावत्तेन तप्तं महात्मना

Transliteration

jvaladaṃgāravattejo yāvattasyaśarīrataḥ | viniryayau tapastāvattena taptaṃ mahātmanā

Translation

Aus seinem Körper strömte ein Glanz hervor wie lodernde Glut; solange dieser feurige Schein hervorquoll, so lange war der Großherzige in Askese (tapas) verzehrt.

Word by Word

• ज्वलत्: blazing
• ज्वलत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (अङ्गार इति पदस्य विशेषण)

• अङ्गारवत्: like burning embers
• अङ्गारवत्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्गार + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वत्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive/like), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (तेजः इति पदस्य विशेषण)

• तेजः: radiance/heat
• तेजः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक/avyaya-prayoga)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb), ‘as long as/so long as’

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• शरीरतः: from (his) body
• शरीरतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• विनिर्ययौ: went forth/emerged
• विनिर्ययौ: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातुः √या (to go) उपसर्गाः वि-, निर्-

• तपः: austerity/penance (heat of tapas)
• तपः: Karta (Subject; apposition to tejaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• तावत्: so long/that much
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक/avyaya-prayoga)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb), ‘so long/that much’

• तेन: by that (tapas/heat)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• तप्तम्: heated/burnt
• तप्तम्: Karma-bhava (Result state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (कर्मणि/भावे; ‘heated/burnt’)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (sage/person)
• महात्मना: Kartr-karana (Agent in instrumental; ‘by the great-souled one’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः कर्मधारय (महान् आत्मा यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāñcamudrā / Aṅgārakeśvara context

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aṅgāraka stands in severe austerity; ember-like radiance streams from his body, suggesting both physical heat and spiritual brilliance, while the Kāśī sacred environment remains still and witness-like.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tapas transforms the devotee—inner heat becomes spiritual radiance, ripening one for divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Kāśī setting indirectly, within the Aṅgārakeśvara narrative linked to Pāñcamudrā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the focus is on the intensity and duration of austerity (tapas).