Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

क्षुब्धा अंबुधयः सर्वे पेतुर्नक्षत्रमालिकाः । रोदसीमंडलं व्याप्तं तेन तूर्यरवेण वै

Transliteration

kṣubdhā aṃbudhayaḥ sarve peturnakṣatramālikāḥ | rodasīmaṃḍalaṃ vyāptaṃ tena tūryaraveṇa vai

Translation

Tous les océans furent bouleversés, et les guirlandes d’étoiles semblèrent choir ; toute la voûte du ciel et de la terre fut emplie de ce fracas des instruments de guerre.

Word by Word

• क्षुब्धाः: agitated
• क्षुब्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुभ् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• अम्बुधयः: oceans
• अम्बुधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणप्रयोग

• पेतुः: fell
• पेतुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• नक्षत्र-मालिकाः: garlands/rows of stars (constellations)
• नक्षत्र-मालिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + मालिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (नक्षत्राणां मालिका)

• रोदसी-मण्डलम्: the sphere of heaven-and-earth
• रोदसी-मण्डलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्यावापृथिव्यौ) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (रोदस्योः मण्डलम्)

• व्याप्तम्: was pervaded/filled
• व्याप्तम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; पुं/नपुंसक-सामान्यरूप

• तूर्य-रवेण: by the sound of instruments
• तूर्य-रवेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (तूर्यस्य रवः)

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

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic panorama: oceans roil, stars tumble like garlands, and the entire sphere of heaven and earth is saturated with the roar of war-instruments.

Characters & Entities

• Oceans
• Nakṣatras (stars/constellations)
• Rodasī (heaven and earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text magnifies the stakes of dharma versus adharma by portraying the conflict as shaking even cosmic structures.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred setting; this verse is cosmic-description rather than tīrtha-specific.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.