Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

परिदंड्य च दंडार्हान्साधूंश्च परितोष्य च । दारानपि परित्यज्य विषयेषु पराङ्मुखः

Transliteration

paridaṃḍya ca daṃḍārhānsādhūṃśca paritoṣya ca | dārānapi parityajya viṣayeṣu parāṅmukhaḥ

Translation

Il châtia ceux qui méritaient châtiment et combla les justes. Renonçant même aux liens du foyer, il détourna son visage des plaisirs des sens et des objets du monde.

Word by Word

• paridaṃḍya: having punished
• paridaṃḍya: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-daṇḍ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): परिदण्ड्य (having punished)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च (and)

• daṇḍārhān: those deserving punishment
• daṇḍārhān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṇḍa-arha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: दण्डस्य अर्हः (worthy of punishment); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• sādhūn: the virtuous
• sādhūn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च (and)

• paritoṣya: having satisfied
• paritoṣya: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): परितोष्य (having pleased/satisfied)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च (and)

• dārān: wife/household
• dārān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; दाराः (wife/wives; household)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): अपि (even/also)

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): परित्यज्य (having abandoned)

• viṣayeṣu: in sense-objects/worldly matters
• viṣayeṣu: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (Locative)

• parāṅmukhaḥ: turned away (from)
• parāṅmukhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parāṅ-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: पराङ् (awayward/turned away) + मुख (face); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (narration context: Kāśīkhaṇḍa, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king administers justice—punishing offenders, rewarding the righteous—then removes royal ornaments, bids farewell to household life, and turns his gaze away from worldly pleasures.

Characters & Entities

• Durdama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous rule includes justice and honoring virtue; once duties are fulfilled, dispassion enables renunciation toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Kāśī’s liberating influence; the verse describes its effect as vairāgya and dharmic action.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it outlines ethical conduct (justice, honoring sādhus) and the renunciate turn away from viṣayas.