Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यस्य मौलिजसंघर्षाद्घ नाव्योम त्यजंत्यपि । नीलिमानं न चाद्यापि जह्युस्तक्लेशसंगजम्

Transliteration

yasya maulijasaṃgharṣādgha nāvyoma tyajaṃtyapi | nīlimānaṃ na cādyāpi jahyustakleśasaṃgajam

Translation

Durch das Reiben seiner Krone verlassen nicht einmal die Wolken den Himmel; und bis jetzt legen sie ihr Blau nicht ab, das aus der von ihm verursachten Bedrängnis geboren ist.

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• मौलिजसंघर्षात्: from the friction caused by his crown/crest
• मौलिजसंघर्षात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौलि + ज + संघर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मौलिजस्य संघर्षः)

• घ: (particle)
• घ: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: घ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; छन्दोऽनुग्राहक-निपात (metrical filler/particle)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• अव्योम: the non-sky (i.e., the sky is not left)
• अव्योम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नञ्-समासभाव (अव्योम = न व्योम)

• त्यजन्ति: leave, abandon
• त्यजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (even/also)

• नीलिमानम्: blueness
• नीलिमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीलिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अद्यापि: even now, still
• अद्यापि: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘even today/still’)

• जह्युः: abandoned, gave up
• जह्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्क्लेशसंगजम्: born from that distressful contact
• तत्क्लेशसंगजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् + क्लेश + संग + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्मात् क्लेशसंगात् जातम्) विशेषणम् (नीलिमानम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gajāsura’s towering crown scrapes the cloud-banks; clouds churn and darken, lingering in the sky as if bruised; the air feels heavy over the sacred city.

Characters & Entities

• Gajāsura
• Clouds (ghanāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma can loom so large that it seems to color the very sky—yet it is still a temporary shadow before divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the textual locus, but no distinct tīrtha is praised in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.