Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

क्षुब्धेषु तेषु वीरेषु चकंपे भुवनत्रयम् । दुर्वाससश्च कोपाग्नि ज्वालाभिर्व्याकुलीकृतम्

Transliteration

kṣubdheṣu teṣu vīreṣu cakaṃpe bhuvanatrayam | durvāsasaśca kopāgni jvālābhirvyākulīkṛtam

Translation

Quand ces héros s’enflammèrent de colère, les trois mondes tremblèrent. Et le feu de l’ire de Durvāsas, aux langues de flammes, jeta tout dans le trouble.

Word by Word

• क्षुब्धेषु: among the agitated
• क्षुब्धेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √क्षुभ् (धातु) → क्षुब्ध (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त—‘agitated’ (in/among the agitated)

• तेषु: in those
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी, बहुवचन (in those)

• वीरेषु: among the heroes
• वीरेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (among heroes)

• चकम्पे: shook; trembled
• चकम्पे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कम्प् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद—‘it shook/trembled’

• भुवनत्रयम्: the three worlds
• भुवनत्रयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘भुवनानां त्रयम्’ (the three worlds)

• दुर्वाससः: of Durvāsas
• दुर्वाससः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (of Durvāsas)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• कोपाग्नि: (his) fire of anger
• कोपाग्नि: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (समासपदस्य षष्ठी); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘कोपस्य अग्निः’ (fire of anger)

• ज्वालाभिः: by flames
• ज्वालाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (by flames)

• व्याकुलीकृतम्: made distressed; thrown into turmoil
• व्याकुलीकृतम्: Karta (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-आ-√कुल् (धातु) → व्याकुली (भाव) + √कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त—‘made distressed/agitated’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gaṇa-heroes surge; the three worlds quake. Durvāsas appears as a blazing ascetic—matted hair, fiery aura—his wrath visualized as tongues of flame spreading turmoil across realms, contrasted with the steadfast guardianship of Kāśī.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (context)
• Durvāsas
• Three worlds (trailokya)
• Gaṇas (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual power (tapas and divine retinue) is portrayed as world-shaking; the text cautions that wrath disrupts order, while implying that sacred Kāśī remains the stage where cosmic forces are governed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī by broader context, though the verse foregrounds the cosmic impact of the conflict rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.