Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

तेन यद्यपि भूभर्त्रा भूमेर्देवा विवासिताः । तथापि भूरिशस्तत्र संत्यस्मत्पक्षपातिनः

Transliteration

tena yadyapi bhūbhartrā bhūmerdevā vivāsitāḥ | tathāpi bhūriśastatra saṃtyasmatpakṣapātinaḥ

Translation

Obwohl durch jenen Herrn der Erde die Götter aus dem Land vertrieben wurden, gibt es dort dennoch viele, die unserer Seite zugetan sind und uns begünstigen.

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/therefore
• तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त/conditional particle)

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; concessive)

• भूभर्त्रा: by the lord of the earth (king)
• भूभर्त्रा: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū-bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक; भू + भर्तृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (भूमेः भर्ता)

• भूमेः: from the earth
• भूमेः: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन

• विवासिताः: were made to dwell away, were exiled
• विवासिताः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-vās (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन

• तथा: nevertheless/so
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/adverb)

• अपि: even, still
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• भूरिशः: abundantly, many times
• भूरिशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūriśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रचुरार्थक/adverb: ‘many times/abundantly’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• सन्ति: are, exist
• सन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अस्मत्पक्षपातिनः: those who side with us, our partisans
• अस्मत्पक्षपातिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmat-pakṣa-pātin (प्रातिपदिक; अस्मत् + पक्ष + पातिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (अस्माकं पक्षे पातिनः = पक्षपातिनः)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati (contextual continuation as Amara-guru addressing Devas)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas shown departing or being driven from a realm, yet a group of local beings/attendants remain secretly devoted to the devas, indicating hidden networks of support.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• the king

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid conflict, loyalty and alignment with dharma (or one’s rightful cause) persists through hidden supporters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative setting; no single tirtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes shifting alliances and support.