Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

रोहितोऽरण्यमहिषमुद्धर्षति निराकुलः । चमरीशबरीकेशैः संमिमीते स्ववालधिम्

Transliteration

rohito'raṇyamahiṣamuddharṣati nirākulaḥ | camarīśabarīkeśaiḥ saṃmimīte svavāladhim

Translation

Le cerf rohita, sans trouble, s’ébat sans crainte avec le buffle sauvage de la forêt; et, avec les poils du yak camarī et de la bête śabarī, il va jusqu’à comparer la mesure de sa propre queue.

Word by Word

• रोहितः: Rohita (a deer)
• रोहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अरण्य-महिषम्: the wild buffalo
• अरण्य-महिषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—अरण्यस्य महिषः (wild buffalo)

• उद्धर्षति: harasses/attacks
• उद्धर्षति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√हृष्/हर्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• निराकुलः: unperturbed
• निराकुलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• चमरी-शबरी-केशैः: with yak-and-śabarī hairs
• चमरी-शबरी-केशैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमरी (प्रातिपदिक) + शबरी (प्रातिपदिक) + केश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः—चमरीशबरीयोः केशाः (hair of yak and śabarī)

• संमिमीते: measures/compares
• संमिमीते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√मा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्व-वालधिम्: his own tail
• स्व-वालधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वालधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—स्वस्य वालधिः (his own tail)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A rohita-deer playfully nudges a wild buffalo in a forest clearing, both calm; the deer compares its tail with tufts of hair from a camarī-yak and a forest creature, suggesting humorous self-measurement amid peace.

Characters & Entities

• rohita (deer)
• araṇya-mahiṣa (wild buffalo)
• camarī (yak)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Where cruelty is absent, fear subsides; peace (śānti) manifests as natural confidence and harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider chapter is part of Kāśī-māhātmya, presenting Kāśī as a dharma-saturated realm; this verse itself is illustrative rather than topographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.