Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
Devanagari script
वैरं परित्यज्य लुठेदुत्प्लुत्योत्प्लुत्य लीलया । आलोक्य मूषकं सर्पश्चरंतं वदनाग्रतः
Transliteration
vairaṃ parityajya luṭhedutplutyotplutya līlayā | ālokya mūṣakaṃ sarpaścaraṃtaṃ vadanāgrataḥ
Translation
Casting aside enmity, the serpent rolls about, leaping again and again in play, even as it watches the mouse moving right before the tip of its mouth.
Word by Word
vairamenmity
vairam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootvaira (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
parityajyahaving renounced
parityajya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpari-√tyaj (धातु) → parityajya (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having abandoned completely)
luṭhetwould roll about
luṭhet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√luṭh (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
utplutyahaving leapt
utplutya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootud-√plu (धातु) → utplutya (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having jumped up)
utplutyahaving leapt (again)
utplutya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootud-√plu (धातु) → utplutya (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-पूर्वक्रिया (having leapt again)
līlayāplayfully/with sport
līlayā:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument; manner)
TypeNoun
Rootlīlā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
ālokyahaving seen
ālokya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootā-√lok (धातु) → ālokya (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having looked at)
mūṣakama mouse
mūṣakam:
Karma (कर्म/Object; of ālokya)
TypeNoun
Rootmūṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
sarpaḥa snake
sarpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsarpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
carantammoving/walking
carantam:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Root√car (धातु) → carant (शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमान कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (मूषकम्)
vadanāgrataḥin front of the mouth/face
vadanāgrataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvadana (प्रातिपदिक) + agrataḥ (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निष्पन्न)
Formअव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त/ablatival adverb): वदन-अग्रतः = मुखस्य अग्रे/समक्षम्
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A serpent, coiled then rolling and springing in playful arcs, watches a mouse calmly walk right before its mouth; the setting is a serene Kāśī grove with a subtle sacred radiance.
Characters & Entities
K
KāśīS
Sarpa (serpent)M
Mūṣaka (mouse)FAQs
Kāśī is celebrated as a realm where vairāgya from hostility becomes natural—an emblem of spiritual liberation from hatred.
Kāśī-kṣetra generally, as an all-transforming sacred environment.
None.