Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ताडिता ताडितुं चेच्छेत्सा व्याघ्री वृषदंशिका । कटाक्षयतियाऽन्यं वै केकराक्षी तु सा भवेत

Transliteration

tāḍitā tāḍituṃ cecchetsā vyāghrī vṛṣadaṃśikā | kaṭākṣayatiyā'nyaṃ vai kekarākṣī tu sā bhaveta

Translation

La femme qui, bien qu’ayant été frappée, veut frapper en retour devient une tigresse mordant les taureaux. Et celle qui jette des regards de désir vers un autre homme devient louche.

Word by Word

• tāḍitā: (if) struck
• tāḍitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāḍ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• tāḍitum: to strike
• tāḍitum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāḍ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययवत्

• cet: if
• cet: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• icchet: should wish
• icchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अन्वय-सूचक (correlative pronoun)

• vyāghrī: a tigress
• vyāghrī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāghrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vṛṣadaṃśikā: a (kind of) biting creature; lit. 'bull-biter'
• vṛṣadaṃśikā: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + daṃśikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (vṛṣa-daṃśikā)

• kaṭākṣa-yatiyā: by a side-glancing ascetic (woman)
• kaṭākṣa-yatiyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṭākṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + yati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (one who is a 'kaṭākṣa-yati')

• anyam: another (man)
• anyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kekara-akṣī: a woman with squinting eyes
• kekara-akṣī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kekara (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (kekarā akṣī yasyāḥ)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (contrastive particle)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two moral vignettes: (1) a domestic scene where a struck woman restrains retaliation; shadow-image of a tigress biting a bull illustrates the alternative karmic path. (2) a woman casting a sidelong lustful glance; the next frame shows crossed eyes as symbolic consequence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It condemns vengefulness and improper desire, using rebirth/affliction imagery to stress self-control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral warning concerning retaliation and improper glances.