Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

षडाननाः कुमाराश्च मयूरवरवाहनाः । ममानुगाः समायाताः कोटयोष्टौ महाबलाः

Transliteration

ṣaḍānanāḥ kumārāśca mayūravaravāhanāḥ | mamānugāḥ samāyātāḥ koṭayoṣṭau mahābalāḥ

Translation

Les Kumāras aux six visages, montés sur d’excellents paons—mes suivants—sont arrivés : ils sont huit koṭis, d’une force immense—signe de l’immense cortège qui entoure la présence sacrée de Skanda.

Word by Word

• ṣaḍ-ānanāḥ: six-faced
• ṣaḍ-ānanāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (ṣaḍānana = षण्णि आननानि यस्य); विशेषणम् (kumārāḥ)

• kumārāḥ: princes; youths (Kumāras)
• kumārāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• mayūra-vara-vāhanāḥ: having the excellent peacock as vehicle
• mayūra-vara-vāhanāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mayūra (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक) + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (mayūra-vāhana) + कर्मधारय (vara-); विशेषणम् (kumārāḥ)

• mama: of me; my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• anugāḥ: followers
• anugāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• samāyātāḥ: arrived; come together
• samāyātāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + ā + √yā (गत्यर्थे धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; उपसर्गाः—सम्, आ; विशेषणम् (anugāḥ)

• koṭayaḥ: crores (tens of millions)
• koṭayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-नाम

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Visheshana (विशेषण/Numerical qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचनार्थे (cardinal numeral)

• mahā-balāḥ: very strong; mighty
• mahā-balāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (mahā balaṃ yeṣām); विशेषणम् (anugāḥ)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; first-person “mama” indicates Skanda narrating his own retinue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (under Skanda’s protective presence)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the narrative (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda’s immense host arrives: countless six-faced Kumāras on peacocks, armored and radiant, filling the skies above Kāśī like a moving constellation; banners and weapons gleam, yet the mood remains sacred and protective.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Kumāras (ṣaḍānana)
• Peacock (mayūra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is accompanied by vast, ordered शक्ति (power)—the sacred realm is protected and intensified by Skanda’s attendants.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied location where Skanda’s followers assemble within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse describes the arrival and magnitude of Skanda’s divine retinue.