Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

दधीचिना समं केचिद्दुर्वासः प्रमुखा द्विजाः । भवनिंदां समाकर्ण्य कियतोपि विनिर्ययुः

Transliteration

dadhīcinā samaṃ keciddurvāsaḥ pramukhā dvijāḥ | bhavaniṃdāṃ samākarṇya kiyatopi viniryayuḥ

Translation

Zusammen mit Dadhīci gingen einige zweimalgeborene Weise—angeführt von Durvāsas—fort, nachdem sie die Schmähung Bhavas (Śivas) vernommen hatten, nach einer Weile davon.

Word by Word

• दधीचिना: with Dadhīci
• दधीचिना: Sahakāraka (Associate/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• समम्: together, along with
• समम्: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थे/सह-अर्थे — Indeclinable; adverb meaning 'together/with'

• केचित्: some (persons)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (indefinite)

• दुर्वासः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रमुखाः: chief, foremost
• प्रमुखाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; विशेषण (qualifying द्विजाः)

• द्विजाः: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भव-निन्दाम्: censure of Bhava (Śiva)
• भव-निन्दाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक) + निन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भवस्य निन्दा)

• समाकर्ण्य: having heard
• समाकर्ण्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√कर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — Absolutive/gerund; ‘having heard’

• कियतः: of some (extent/amount)
• कियतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कियत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive (6th), Singular; परिमाणार्थ (of some amount)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even) — particle

• विनिर्ययुः: went out, departed
• विनिर्ययुः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-√या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Plural

Speaker

Narrator (within Skanda Purana Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Satī (Dākṣāyaṇī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacrificial arena bustling with priests and offerings; Durvāsas and other brāhmaṇa-sages, with Dadhīci, turn away in disapproval after hearing Śiva disparaged, their faces stern and restrained.

Characters & Entities

• Dadhīci
• Durvāsas
• Śiva (Bhava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Insulting Śiva (Bhava-nindā) is treated as a grave breach of dharma; righteous sages withdraw from polluted assemblies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly mentioned; the chapter belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s wider praise of Kāśī and Śaiva devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the sages’ departure in response to Śiva’s disparagement.