Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

वर्षत्यपि महामेघे धारासारैर्दिवानिशम् । प्रावृट्कालेऽनिले वाति किंचित्प्रावरणं न मे

Transliteration

varṣatyapi mahāmeghe dhārāsārairdivāniśam | prāvṛṭkāle'nile vāti kiṃcitprāvaraṇaṃ na me

Translation

Même lorsque de grands nuages déversent des torrents jour et nuit, et lorsque soufflent les vents de la mousson, je n’ai pas le moindre vêtement pour me couvrir.

Word by Word

• varṣati: it rains
• varṣati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• api: even; although
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि = ‘even/also’ (particle)

• mahā-meghe: in/under a great cloud
• mahā-meghe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + megha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (महान् मेघः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• dhārā-sāraiḥ: with torrents of rain
• dhārā-sāraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārā (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (धाराणां साराः = streams/showers); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• divā-niśam: day and night
• divā-niśam: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā (अव्यय) + niśā (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (divā ca niśam ca) = ‘day and night’; क्रियाविशेषण

• prāvṛṭ-kāle: in the rainy season
• prāvṛṭ-kāle: Kala/Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāvṛṭ (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (प्रावृटः कालः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• anile: when the wind (blows); in the wind
• anile: Adhikarana (Location/Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• vāti: blows
• vāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kiṃcit: any; some; a little
• kiṃcit: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (अव्यय/सर्वनामप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक (indefinite ‘a little/some’)

• prāvaraṇam: covering; cloak
• prāvaraṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāvaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• na: not; no
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• me: for me; mine
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘for me/of me’ (possessive)

Speaker

Rākṣasa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Monsoon deluge: towering clouds, sheets of rain day and night; strong winds; the narrator stands without any cloak, shivering, drenched, helpless before nature.

Characters & Entities

• Monsoon (prāvṛṭ)
• Wind (anila)
• Clouds (megha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly security is fragile; unethical living can strip one of basic protections, urging a return to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse uses seasonal imagery to underline the severity of the rākṣasa’s condition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive verse highlighting deprivation.