Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

सा तान्भस्मीचकाराशु हुंकारजनिताग्निना । ततो दैत्यपतिः क्रुद्धो दृष्ट्वा तान्भस्मसात्कृतान्

Transliteration

sā tānbhasmīcakārāśu huṃkārajanitāgninā | tato daityapatiḥ kruddho dṛṣṭvā tānbhasmasātkṛtān

Translation

She swiftly reduced them to ashes with fire produced by her very roar. Then the lord of the Daityas, seeing them turned to ash, became enraged.

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

• bhasmīcakāra: reduced to ashes
• bhasmīcakāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhasmī-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद; उपपद-समासवत् क्रियापद: ‘made into ashes’

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘quickly’

• huṃkāra-janita-agninā: with the fire produced by (her) roar
• huṃkāra-janita-agninā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: huṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + janita (√jan, क्त) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः: ‘huṃkāreṇa janitaḥ agniḥ’ (fire produced by a roar)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then’

• daitya-patiḥ: the lord of the demons
• daitya-patiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः: ‘daityānāṃ patiḥ’ (lord of demons)

• kruddhaḥ: angry
• kruddhaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (√krudh, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having seen’

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

• bhasmasāt-kṛtān: turned to ashes
• bhasmasāt-kṛtān: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhasmasāt (अव्यय) + kṛta (√kṛ, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural); अव्ययीभावः: ‘bhasmasāt kṛtān’ (made into ashes)

Speaker

Narrator (within Skanda’s discourse to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The messenger emits a thunderous roar; a wave of fire bursts forth, instantly turning attackers into ash heaps; the daitya-lord stands aghast, then furious.

Characters & Entities

• Daityapati (demon-king)
• The powerful lady (unnamed)
• Daitya attendants (burned to ash)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred is self-protecting; when adharma attacks purity, divine power manifests instantly to restore order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is an episode embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting; no individual tīrtha is named in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.