Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

आगत्य दानवो रौद्रः प्रलयांबुदनिस्वनः । विद्याधरीं जगादेति मदाघूर्णितलोचनः

Transliteration

āgatya dānavo raudraḥ pralayāṃbudanisvanaḥ | vidyādharīṃ jagādeti madāghūrṇitalocanaḥ

Translation

Da kam der grimmige Dānava, dröhnend wie die Wolken der Weltenauflösung, und sprach zur Vidyādharī, mit trunken rollenden Augen.

Word by Word

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Prior action (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having come’

• दानवः: the demon
• दानवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

• रौद्रः: fierce
• रौद्रः: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

• प्रलयांबुदनिस्वनः: having a sound like the clouds at dissolution
• प्रलयांबुदनिस्वनः: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रलय + अम्बुद + निस्वन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; प्रलये अम्बुदस्य निस्वन इव/प्रलय-अम्बुद-निस्वनः (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष, उपमानार्थ)

• विद्याधरीम्: Vidyādharī (as object)
• विद्याधरीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्याधरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• जगाद: said/spoke
• जगाद: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (वाक्यसमाप्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• मदाघूर्णितलोचनः: whose eyes were rolling from intoxication
• मदाघूर्णितलोचनः: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद + आघूर्णित + लोचन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; मदेन आघूर्णिते लोचने यस्य (षष्ठी/तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थ, बहुपद-समास)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya frame implied for Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The dānava, eyes rolling with intoxication, leans toward the Vidyādharī and speaks; behind him, stylized pralaya-clouds and thunder motifs amplify his roar.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava
• Vidyādharī
• Pralaya (dissolution, metaphor)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride and intoxication are portrayed as marks of adharma, preceding harm and coercion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework places the episode in Kāśī’s sacred sphere, though no tirtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive narration of the antagonist’s demeanor.