Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

केचिदूचुर्द्विजवरा मिथः परियियासवः । महाझंझानिलः प्राप्तः पर्वतांदोलनक्षमः

Transliteration

kecidūcurdvijavarā mithaḥ pariyiyāsavaḥ | mahājhaṃjhānilaḥ prāptaḥ parvatāṃdolanakṣamaḥ

Translation

Einige vortreffliche Brahmanen sagten zueinander, während sie umhergingen: „Ein mächtiger Sturmwind ist aufgekommen, stark genug, um Berge zu erschüttern.“

Word by Word

• kecit: some (people)
• kecit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim + cit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम = some (persons)

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• dvija-varāḥ: excellent Brahmins
• dvija-varāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः = excellent Brahmins

• mithaḥ: mutually
• mithaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mithaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परस्पर/क्रियाविशेषण) = mutually, among themselves

• pariyiyāsavaḥ: desiring to depart/go away
• pariyiyāsavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√yā (या) ; yiyāsu (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, desiderative noun/adjective)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; देशिदेरटिव्/इच्छार्थक (यियासु) = wishing to go; उपसर्ग ‘pari’

• mahā-jhaṃjhā-anilaḥ: a great gale-wind
• mahā-jhaṃjhā-anilaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + jhaṃjhā (प्रातिपदिक) + anila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘झंझायाः अनिलः’ + महा-उपपद = a great squall-wind

• prāptaḥ: has come, arrived
• prāptaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√āp (आप्) ; प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण = has arrived (agreeing with ‘anilaḥ’)

• parvata-āṃdolana-kṣamaḥ: able to shake mountains
• parvata-āṃdolana-kṣamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक) + āṃdolana (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = capable of shaking mountains; विशेषण ‘anilaḥ’

Speaker

Dvija-varāḥ (brāhmaṇas/ritual participants)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas in white garments move quickly within the pavilion, pointing toward a darkening horizon; trees bend; banners snap; dust spirals enter the sacred enclosure.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Wind (Anila)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nature mirrors metaphysical disturbance in Purāṇic storytelling; sudden storms function as warnings of deeper unseen forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the broader textual setting is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a description of an ominous sign affecting the ritual environment.