Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

कद्रु त्वया जितं भद्रे यत उच्चैःश्रवा हयः । चंद्ररश्मिप्रभोप्येष कल्माष इव भासते

Transliteration

kadru tvayā jitaṃ bhadre yata uccaiḥśravā hayaḥ | caṃdraraśmiprabhopyeṣa kalmāṣa iva bhāsate

Translation

„O Kadrū, du hast gesiegt, Geliebte, denn das Pferd Uccaiḥśravā gehört wahrlich dir. Obgleich es den Glanz der Mondstrahlen trägt, erscheint es, als wäre seine Farbe gesprenkelt und verdunkelt.“

Word by Word

• कद्रु: O Kadrū
• कद्रु: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जितम्: (it) has been won
• जितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु) + जित (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘has been won/defeated’

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यतः: because, since
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध)
• Form: हेतु/कारणवाचक-अव्यय (causal)

• उच्चैःश्रवा: Uccaiḥśravas (the divine horse)
• उच्चैःश्रवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्चैःश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• हयः: horse
• हयः: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चंद्ररश्मिप्रभा: moonbeam-like radiance
• चंद्ररश्मिप्रभा: Upamana/Comparison base (Implied/उपमान-आधार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चंद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (चन्द्रस्य रश्मयः; तेषां प्रभा)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• एषः: this (he/it)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कल्माषः: a spotted one; dark-spotted (thing)
• कल्माषः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्माष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Discourse (Simile marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• भासते: shines, appears
• भासते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भास् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Vinatā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vinatā speaks gently yet firmly: ‘You have won’; the celestial horse Uccaiḥśravā is shown luminous like moonbeams yet with a dark mottled patch; Kadrū listens, vindicated; the sky glows with tempered sunlight.

Characters & Entities

• Vinatā
• Kadrū
• Uccaiḥśravā (celestial horse)
• Candra (Moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acknowledging another’s ‘win’ reflects restraint and truthfulness; dharma includes accepting outcomes without deceit even in rivalry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific Kāśī tīrtha is named in this verse; it belongs to the mythic backstory embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative statement about the horse Uccaiḥśravā and appearance/color.