Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

अनीश्वरं हविर्भुक्तं त्वयेत्या ताडयत्पदा । कुबेरमपरो धृत्वा पादयोरधुनोद्बलात्

Transliteration

anīśvaraṃ havirbhuktaṃ tvayetyā tāḍayatpadā | kuberamaparo dhṛtvā pādayoradhunodbalāt

Translation

“You have consumed the havi, the oblation, without honoring the Lord (Īśa)!”—so one kicked him with the foot; another, seizing Kubera by the feet, shook him violently with force.

Word by Word

• अनीश्वरम्: not the lord / powerless (one)
• अनीश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनीश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied person addressed/accused)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासे पूर्वपदम्

• भुक्तम्: eaten, consumed
• भुक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; हविः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakyartha (वाक्यार्थ-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक

• ताडयत्: struck, beat
• ताडयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ताडय् (धातु, णिच् causative of तड्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• पदा: with (his) foot
• पदा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘पाद’ अर्थे (instrument: with the foot)

• कुबेरम्: Kubera
• कुबेरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अपरः: another (one)
• अपरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपदं (another person)

• धृत्वा: having held
• धृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धृ (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• पादयोः: at the feet
• पादयोः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/षष्ठी, द्विवचन; अत्र सप्तमी (locative): ‘पादयोः’ = at/on the feet

• अधुनोत्: shook, thrashed
• अधुनोत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धु (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः अधि-

• बलात्: by force, forcibly
• बलात्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभाव (ablatival adverb): ‘बलात्’ = forcibly

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/ṛṣis concerned with proper offering and merit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gaṇa kicks the havis-consuming deity for taking oblations without honoring the Lord; another gaṇa grips Kubera by the feet and shakes him, scattering coins—symbolizing the humiliation of wealth and ritual power before Śiva’s sovereignty.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Kubera
• havis (oblation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings become blameworthy when taken without devotion to Īśvara; prosperity (Kubera) too is humbled when dharma is violated.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s emphasis on Śiva as the heart of dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied injunction: havis/offerings should be received and consumed only within a rite that duly honors Īśvara (Śiva).