Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

क्षात्रमेव शशंसुस्तदहो बालेपि न क्षमा

Transliteration

kṣātrameva śaśaṃsustadaho bālepi na kṣamā

Translation

Sie priesen allein den kṣatriyahaften Geist und sprachen: „Weh! Es gibt keine Nachsicht, nicht einmal bei einem Kind!“

Word by Word

• kṣātram: kṣatriya-nature/valor
• kṣātram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣātra (क्षात्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म); एकवचन

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• śaśaṃsuḥ: praised, declared
• śaśaṃsuḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śaṃs (शंस् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd); एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• aho: ah! oh!
• aho: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aho (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मयार्थक-निपात (exclamatory particle)

• bāle: in a child
• bāle: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (बाल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण); एकवचन

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (even/also particle)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• kṣamā: forbearance, patience
• kṣamā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣamā (क्षमा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता/विधेय); एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the episode

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Elders speak with a mix of admiration and alarm, acknowledging a child’s fierce kṣatriya-like lack of forbearance; gestures show restrained intensity.

Characters & Entities

• kṣatriya-dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Strong resolve can appear early, but dharma also esteems kṣamā (forbearance) as a balancing virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this single line; it is character commentary within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is ethical observation rather than a ritual injunction.