Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

ततो विवर्णतां प्राप्ताः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । नाग्निर्जज्वाल च तथा यथाज्याहुतिभिः पुरा

Transliteration

tato vivarṇatāṃ prāptāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | nāgnirjajvāla ca tathā yathājyāhutibhiḥ purā

Translation

Da erbleichten alle Götter zusammen mit Vāsava; und das Feuer loderte nicht mehr so wie einst, als es mit Ghee-Opfergaben genährt wurde.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: तस्मात्/ततः (thereupon)

• vivarṇatām: paleness, loss of color
• vivarṇatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivarṇatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; भाववाचक-संज्ञा = feminine abstract noun, accusative singular

• prāptāḥ: having attained, reached
• prāptāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्) + pra- (उपसर्ग) ; प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय) = past participle; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having attained’

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण = adjective qualifying ‘devāḥ’

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• sa-vāsavāḥ: together with Vāsava (Indra)
• sa-vāsavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह/स) (अव्यय-उपपद) + vāsava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (सह वासवैः) = with Indra(s); विशेषण ‘devāḥ’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/particle) = negation

• agniḥ: fire (Agni)
• agniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• jajvāla: blazed
• jajvāla: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jval (ज्वल्)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• tathā: likewise, so
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverb ‘thus/likewise’

• yathā: as, just as
• yathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/relative adverb) = as, just as

• ājya-āhutibhiḥ: with ghee-offerings
• ājya-āhutibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājya (प्रातिपदिक) + āhuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आज्ञस्य/आघृतस्य आहुतयः) = ghee-offerings; instrumental plural

• purā: formerly, before
• purā: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = temporal adverb ‘formerly’

Speaker

Unknown from snippet (narrative description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand yajña in Kāśī: devas and ṛtviks suddenly pale; the sacrificial fire dims despite ghee offerings; smoke hangs low; lamps flicker; anxious glances among priests.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Agni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is disturbed, even cosmic order shows signs—gods falter and ritual fire loses its power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references ājya-āhuti (ghee oblations) as the standard means by which sacrificial fire blazes.