Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

वामयामास बहुशो भक्षिता ह्यध्वराहुतीः । एकादशाऽपि ये रुद्रा लोकपालैकपंक्तयः

Transliteration

vāmayāmāsa bahuśo bhakṣitā hyadhvarāhutīḥ | ekādaśā'pi ye rudrā lokapālaikapaṃktayaḥ

Translation

Il sema maintes fois le trouble, car les āhuti, les oblations du yajña, avaient bel et bien été consommées. Même les Onze Rudra—alignés d’un seul rang avec les Lokapāla, gardiens du monde—furent jetés dans la confusion.

Word by Word

• वामयामास: made to vomit / caused to expel
• वामयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वामय् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• बहुशः: many times, repeatedly
• बहुशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• भक्षिताः: having eaten / eaten
• भक्षिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (masc. nominative plural)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle/emphasis)

• अध्वराहुतीः: sacrificial oblations
• अध्वराहुतीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative: ‘of the sacrifice’); स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (fem. accusative plural)

• एकादशाः: eleven
• एकादशाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम्; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (masc. nominative plural)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Discourse particle (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय/अपि-भावः (also/even)

• ये: who, which
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (masc. nominative plural)

• रुद्राः: Rudras
• रुद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (masc. nominative plural)

• लोकपालैकपंक्तयः: (they who are) a single row/group of the world-guardians
• लोकपालैकपंक्तयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + पंक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (determinative; ‘a single row/group of Lokapālas’); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (fem. nominative plural)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing sacrificial arena in turmoil: oblations snatched/consumed, smoke and broken ladles; the Eleven Rudras and Lokapālas stand in a single line yet appear bewildered as unseen pramathas disrupt the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Rudras
• Lokapālas
• adhvara (yajña)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual power without reverence for Maheśvara becomes unstable; dharma is upheld when sacrifice is aligned with devotion and humility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where Śaiva supremacy and the sanctity of right worship are emphasized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse critiques a yajña whose oblations are disrupted, implying that proper devotion and inclusion of Śiva are essential.