Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

जर्गाद तिष्ठ रे दुष्ट कन्याधर्षणलालस । युध्यस्वात्र मया सार्धं न सुप्तं हन्म्यहं रिपुम्

Transliteration

jargāda tiṣṭha re duṣṭa kanyādharṣaṇalālasa | yudhyasvātra mayā sārdhaṃ na suptaṃ hanmyahaṃ ripum

Translation

Il dit : «Debout, misérable, avide d’outrager une jeune fille ! Combats ici avec moi : je ne frappe pas un ennemi endormi».

Word by Word

• जगाद: said
• जगाद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तिष्ठ: stand! stop!
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• रे: hey!
• रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: रे (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• दुष्ट: wicked one
• दुष्ट: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण (सम्बोधितः)

• कन्याधर्षणलालस: eager to violate a maiden
• कन्याधर्षणलालस: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + लालस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘कन्यायाः धर्षणे लालसः’ इति

• युध्यस्व: fight!
• युध्यस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• मया: with me / by me
• मया: Sahakari (Associate/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (सर्वनाम), तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), एकवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sambandha (Association marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (postposition ‘together with’)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• सुप्तम्: sleeping
• सुप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्त (प्रातिपदिक; √स्वप् क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण (रिपुम्)

• हन्मि: I kill
• हन्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रिपुम्: enemy
• रिपुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator quoting King Mitrajit

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king stands over the fallen aggressor, not striking; instead he commands him to rise and fight, denouncing his lust to violate a maiden—anger controlled by principle.

Characters & Entities

• Mitrajit

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes both protection of the innocent and restraint in violence—honor governs even battle.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the overarching sacred landscape in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where dharma is illustrated through exemplary conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it teaches moral discipline (yuddha-nīti) and social dharma.