Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

कामं क्रोधं मदं मोहं मात्सर्यं लोभमेव च । अमून्षड्वै रिणो जित्वा सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत्

Transliteration

kāmaṃ krodhaṃ madaṃ mohaṃ mātsaryaṃ lobhameva ca | amūnṣaḍvai riṇo jitvā sarvatra vijayī bhavet

Translation

કામ, ક્રોધ, મદ, મોહ, માત્સર્ય અને લોભ—આ છ શત્રુઓને જીતીને મનુષ્ય સર્વત્ર વિજયી બને છે।

Word by Word

• kāmam: desire
• kāmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• krodham: anger
• krodham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• madam: pride, intoxication
• madam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• moham: delusion
• moham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: moha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• mātsaryam: envy, jealousy
• mātsaryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātsarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• lobham: greed
• lobham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lobha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• amūn: those (ones)
• amūn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amū (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun ‘those (six)’

• ṣaṭ: six
• ṣaṭ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्याशब्द; here adjectival with amūn; ‘six’

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis/assurance

• ariṇāḥ: enemies
• ariṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; (text reads riṇo; intended ariṇāḥ) ‘enemies’

• jitvā: having conquered
• jitvā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ji (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having conquered’

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), place; ‘everywhere’

• vijayī: victorious
• vijayī: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vijayin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; possessive adjective ‘victorious’

• bhavet: should become
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāśī-seekers/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: a pilgrim-warrior of the spirit stands before Viśveśvara, while six shadowy figures labeled desire, anger, pride, delusion, envy, greed dissolve into light from a lamp and mantra-sound.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual victory begins with inner conquest—mastering the six passions that obstruct dharma and pilgrimage merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the contextual kṣetra, where inner purity is presented as the key to receiving the kṣetra’s grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on ethical discipline—overcoming the six inner enemies.