Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

त्वत्पाणिपद्मे कमला त्वत्क्रोधेस्ति हलाहलः । अमृतं तव वागेव त्वद्भुजावश्विनीसुतौ

Transliteration

tvatpāṇipadme kamalā tvatkrodhesti halāhalaḥ | amṛtaṃ tava vāgeva tvadbhujāvaśvinīsutau

Translation

Im Lotus deiner Hand ist Kamalā (Lakṣmī); in deinem Zorn ist das Hālāhala-Gift. Deine Rede allein ist amṛta, und deine beiden Arme sind wie die Söhne der Aśvins, die göttlichen Ärzte.

Word by Word

• tvat-pāṇi-padme: in your lotus-hand
• tvat-pāṇi-padme: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tava pāṇi-padme = in your hand-lotus)

• kamalā: Kamalā (Lakṣmī)
• kamalā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tvat-krodhe: in your anger
• tvat-krodhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (in your anger)

• asti: is
• asti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• halāhalaḥ: Hālāhala poison
• halāhalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: halāhala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• amṛtam: nectar, immortality
• amṛtam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vāk: speech
• vāk: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed, alone
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• tvat-bhujau: your two arms
• tvat-bhujau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (your two arms)

• aśvinī-sutau: the two Aśvinī-sons (Aśvinīkumāras)
• aśvinī-sutau: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvinī (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (aśvinyāḥ sutau = the two sons of Aśvinī)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic portrait: the deity’s hand-lotus bears Lakṣmī; a dark-blue/black aura of halāhala rises at the brow in wrath; from the mouth flows a stream of nectar-like syllables; the arms radiate healing light like the Aśvinī twins’ medicine.

Characters & Entities

• Kamalā (Lakṣmī)
• Hālāhala
• Aśvinīkumāras (Aśvin twins)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power becomes auspicious when guided by dharma: wealth in the hand, controlled wrath as deterrence, and speech that heals like nectar.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly named; the verse continues the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s celebratory praise style.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.