Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

संवर्तकालमासाद्य प्लावितुं जगतीमिमाम् । रणतूर्य निनादश्च समुत्तस्थौ समंततः

Transliteration

saṃvartakālamāsādya plāvituṃ jagatīmimām | raṇatūrya ninādaśca samuttasthau samaṃtataḥ

Translation

Comme si l’heure de la dissolution cosmique était venue pour submerger la terre entière, le fracas des trompettes de guerre s’éleva de toutes parts.

Word by Word

• संवर्त-कालम्: the time of dissolution
• संवर्त-कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवर्त (प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (संवर्तस्य कालः)

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ- सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; 'having reached/attained'

• प्लावितुम्: to flood
• प्लावितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्लु (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (Infinitive), अव्ययभाव; 'to flood/submerge'

• जगतीम्: the earth/world
• जगतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्/जगती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणप्रयोग

• रण-तूर्य-निनादः: the sound of war-instruments
• रण-तूर्य-निनादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक) + तूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + निनाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (रणे तूर्यस्य निनादः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• समुत्तस्थौ: arose, sprang up
• समुत्तस्थौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: on all sides)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: narrative voice within Skanda–Agastya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic battlefield atmosphere: war-trumpets blare from all directions, so overwhelming it feels like the onset of cosmic dissolution flooding the earth.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃvarta (Pralaya imagery)
• Battle trumpets (tūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharmic conflict is depicted as pralaya-like upheaval, highlighting the need for divine order to reassert dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography, but no single tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.