Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

करताडितपानीयशब्ददिङ्मुखनादिभिः । जलखेलनकैरित्थं संसक्तान्बहुबालकान्

Transliteration

karatāḍitapānīyaśabdadiṅmukhanādibhiḥ | jalakhelanakairitthaṃ saṃsaktānbahubālakān

Translation

Au fracas de l’eau frappée par leurs mains, résonnant de toutes parts, il vit de nombreux enfants ainsi entièrement pris par les jeux de l’eau.

Word by Word

• कर-ताडित-पानीय-शब्द-दिङ्मुख-नादिभिः: by the sounds (etc.) of water struck by hands, echoing in all directions
• कर-ताडित-पानीय-शब्द-दिङ्मुख-नादिभिः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक) + ताडित (कृदन्त; √तड्/√ताड्, क्त) + पानीय (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक) + दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक) + नादि (प्रातिपदिक; नाद+इ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'नादि' = नाद-आदि (आदिशब्देन समाहारः)

• जल-खेलनकैः: by water-toys / play-things in water
• जल-खेलनकैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + खेलनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• संसक्तान्: engaged/attached
• संसक्तान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसक्त (कृदन्त; सम्-√सञ्ज्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम्

• बहु-बालकान्: many boys/children
• बहु-बालकान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + बालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed saras/pushkariṇī

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Children in a pond, hands striking water; concentric ripples and droplets; the sound visually suggested by radiating lines, with the scene filled by echoing motion in all directions.

Characters & Entities

• Bālaka (children)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred spaces are portrayed as living communities—holiness embraces ordinary joy without losing its purifying power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A lake in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting; the verse itself does not name it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description.