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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

चित्रं यदत्र समरे स हि दुर्गदैत्यस्त्वद्दृष्टिपातमधिगम्य सुधानिधानम् । मृत्योर्वशत्वमगमद्विदितं भवानि दुष्टोपि ते दृशिगतः कुगतिं न याति

Transliteration

citraṃ yadatra samare sa hi durgadaityastvaddṛṣṭipātamadhigamya sudhānidhānam | mṛtyorvaśatvamagamadviditaṃ bhavāni duṣṭopi te dṛśigataḥ kugatiṃ na yāti

Translation

How wondrous it is, O Bhavānī: in this very battle that Durgā-demon—having received the fall of Your glance, a treasury of immortality—became subject to death. Yet it is well known, O Goddess, that even a wicked being who comes within Your sight does not go to an evil destiny.

Word by Word
citrama wonder
citram:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcitra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (here predicative nominative)
yatwhich
yat:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
atrahere
atra:
Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय
samarein battle
samare:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsamara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/हेतु-निपात (emphatic/causal particle)
durga-daityaḥthe demon Durga (Durgadaitya)
durga-daityaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdurga (प्रातिपदिक) + daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Durga’s demon / demon named Durga)
tvat-dṛṣṭi-pātamthe fall of your glance
tvat-dṛṣṭi-pātam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + pāta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tvat-dṛṣṭi) + तत्पुरुष (dṛṣṭi-pāta)
adhigamyahaving obtained
adhigamya:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootadhi√gam (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having attained/obtained’
sudhā-nidhānama treasure of nectar
sudhā-nidhānam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsudhā (प्रातिपदिक) + nidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (sudhā-nidhāna = ‘treasure of nectar’)
mṛtyoḥof death
mṛtyoḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
vaśatvamsubjection, control
vaśatvam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvaśatva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
agamatwent/entered (became)
agamat:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
viditamknown
viditam:
Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Root√vid (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here as predicate ‘it is known’
bhavāniO Bhavānī
bhavāni:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavānī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन
duṣṭaḥwicked
duṣṭaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootduṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied ‘saḥ’)
apieven
api:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (even/also)
teyour
te:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (enclitic genitive)
dṛśi-gataḥhaving come into (your) sight
dṛśi-gataḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdṛś (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (dṛśi-gata = ‘gone into the sight’)
ku-gatima bad fate
ku-gatim:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootku (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + gati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (ku-gati = ‘bad state/destination’)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात
yātigoes
yāti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa dialogue framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield tableau where a demon, struck by Devī’s compassionate yet overpowering glance, is paradoxically brought under the law of death—yet spared from evil destiny; Devī’s eyes radiate nectar-like light.

Characters & Entities
B
Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
D
Durgā-daitya (Durgāsura)

FAQs

Divine grace is transformative: even the wicked, when touched by the Goddess’s glance (darśana/anugraha), are protected from falling into an evil destiny.

The verse sits within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa (Kāśī/Varanasi māhātmya) framework, emphasizing the salvific atmosphere of Kāśī where divine presence and darśana are celebrated.

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; it highlights the spiritual efficacy of the Goddess’s darśana and grace.

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