Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

केचिच्च समुदा दृष्ट्या केचिच्च करसंज्ञया । विसर्जिता सना राज्ञा बहुमानपुरःसरम्

Transliteration

kecicca samudā dṛṣṭyā kecicca karasaṃjñayā | visarjitā sanā rājñā bahumānapuraḥsaram

Translation

Les uns furent congédiés d’un regard levé, les autres d’un signe de la main ; le roi les renvoya, l’honneur marchant devant eux.

Word by Word

• केचित्: some (of them)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• समुदा: together/collectively
• समुदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समुदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘समुदा’ = ‘सहसा/सम्यक्/समुदायेन’ (adverbial, by common usage)

• दृष्ट्या: by (a) glance
• दृष्ट्या: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• केचित्: some (others)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• करसंज्ञया: by a hand-signal/gesture
• करसंज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: करस्य संज्ञा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• विसर्जिताः: were dismissed
• विसर्जिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-सृज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘were dismissed/sent off’

• सना: together with
• सना: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with/along with)

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• बहुमानपुरःसरम्: with great honor/respectfully
• बहुमानपुरःसरम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुमान (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (with honor in front/preceded by respect)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king dismisses groups: some with a lifted glance, others with a hand gesture; the people depart feeling honored, not slighted.

Characters & Entities

• King
• citizens

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Authority exercised with dignity and honor is dharma; even brief gestures can convey righteous governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting; the verse itself highlights royal conduct rather than a named shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.