Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

चापोसि सर्वशस्त्राणां वातो वेगवतामसि । मनोसींद्रियवर्गेषु निर्भयाणां करोह्यसि

Transliteration

cāposi sarvaśastrāṇāṃ vāto vegavatāmasi | manosīṃdriyavargeṣu nirbhayāṇāṃ karohyasi

Translation

Parmi toutes les armes, tu es l’arc ; parmi les rapides, tu es le vent. Dans le mental et la troupe des sens, tu es la puissance qui rend sans peur—ô Seigneur.

Word by Word

• चापः: bow
• चापः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वशस्त्राणाम्: of all weapons
• सर्वशस्त्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वातः: wind
• वातः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• वेगवताम्: of the swift/impetuous
• वेगवताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• इन्द्रियवर्गेषु: among the groups of senses
• इन्द्रियवर्गेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय + वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• निर्भयाणाम्: of the fearless
• निर्भयाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• करः: hand
• करः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Kāśīnātha appears with a bow as archetype of weapons; wind swirls around him; within a subtle aura, mind and senses are depicted as attendants becoming fearless under his gaze.

Characters & Entities

• Viśveśvara (implied)
• Kāśī (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fearlessness arises when the Lord is recognized as the inner force governing mind and senses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where the Lord is praised as Viśveśvara, the giver of abhaya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is contemplative praise and inner recollection.