Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
Devanagari script
कांदिशीका निषादास्तु विविशुस्तत्र च स्वयम् । मन्वानेष्वथ पंथानं तेषु कंठं विशत्स्वपि
Transliteration
kāṃdiśīkā niṣādāstu viviśustatra ca svayam | manvāneṣvatha paṃthānaṃ teṣu kaṃṭhaṃ viśatsvapi
Translation
Die verwirrten Nishadas traten von selbst ein, da sie es für einen Weg hielten, und gelangten so in seinen Schlund.
Word by Word
कान्दिशीकाःthe bewildered/helpless ones
कान्दिशीकाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकान्दिशीक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन
निषादाःNiṣādas (tribals)
निषादाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनिषाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अपादान/विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध: कान्दिशीकाः (as Niṣādas)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ
विविशुःentered
विविशुः:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि√विश् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
स्वयम्themselves
स्वयम्:
Karta-prayoga (Emphasis on agent)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, आत्मार्थक (reflexive/emphatic)
मन्वानेषुamong those thinking/considering
मन्वानेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्वान (कृदन्त, √मन्)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्राय), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; 'तेषु' इत्यर्थे—'मन्वानेषु' = (those) thinking/considering
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)
पन्थानम्path/way
पन्थानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपथिन्/पन्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
तेषुin/among them
तेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
कण्ठम्throat
कण्ठम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन
विशत्सुwhile (they were) entering
विशत्सु:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootविशन्त् (कृदन्त, √विश्)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; 'तेषु ... विशत्सु' = while they were entering
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अप्यर्थ/समुच्चय (also/even)
Speaker
Narrator
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Small, confused forest-people (Niṣādas) walk toward the gaping beak as if it were a tunnel; the interior fades into darkness; some figures already vanish into the throat.
Characters & Entities
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NiṣādasG
GaruḍaFAQs
Adharma-driven actions lead to self-entanglement; wrongdoing can return upon the wrongdoer swiftly and unexpectedly.
The Kāśī-khaṇḍa context remains overarching; this verse is narrative action, not site-glorification.
None.