Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
Devanagari script
कुक्षिं हित्वा किमवसः सुरुचेश्च सुरोचिषम् । मध्ये भूपसभं बालस्तयेति परिभर्त्सितः
Transliteration
kukṣiṃ hitvā kimavasaḥ suruceśca surociṣam | madhye bhūpasabhaṃ bālastayeti paribhartsitaḥ
Translation
Den Schoß verlassend, wurde das Kind—von Suruci mit schneidender Strahlkraft getadelt—dort mitten in der königlichen Versammlung beschämt.
Word by Word
कुक्षिम्womb/belly
कुक्षिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकुक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
हित्वाhaving abandoned
हित्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootहा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), त्यक्त्वा-अर्थे
किम्what
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक
अवसःof help/protection
अवसः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (वेदिक/प्रयोगभेद); ‘of protection/help’
सुरुचेःof Suruci (proper name)
सुरुचेः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसुरुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
सुरोचिषम्Surocis (proper name)
सुरोचिषम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसुरोचिष् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
मध्येin the midst
मध्ये:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग)
भूपसभम्the assembly of kings
भूपसभम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभूप + सभा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः भूपानां सभा (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
बालःthe boy
बालः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
तयाby her
तया:
Karaṇa (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक (quotative particle)
परिभर्त्सितःrebuked/taunted
परिभर्त्सितः:
Kriyā/Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of ‘बालः’/विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि + भर्त्स् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
Speaker
Skanda (deduced narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The child steps away from the lap; Suruci’s brilliant, cutting rebuke lands in the middle of the royal assembly, and the boy stands shamed before all.
Characters & Entities
S
SuruciD
DhruvaFAQs
Public dishonor can become the turning point that drives one from dependence on society toward dependence on the Divine.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it supports the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader devotional instruction centered on Kāśī.
None.