Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
जाता गुह्यचरा यस्य गुह्यकाः परितो नृषु । संसेविष्यामहे राजन्नसुरास्त्वां स्ववैभवैः
Transliteration
jātā guhyacarā yasya guhyakāḥ parito nṛṣu | saṃseviṣyāmahe rājannasurāstvāṃ svavaibhavaiḥ
Translation
જેનાં માટે ગુહ્યકો મનુષ્યોમાં ગુપ્તચર સમા સર્વત્ર વિચરે છે. હે રાજન, અમે અસુરો પણ અમારા સ્વ વૈભવ અને શક્તિઓથી તમારી સેવા કરીશું।
Word by Word
jātāḥborn, arisen
jātāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjāta (कृदन्त; √jan (धातु))
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘जात’ = born/produced
guhya-carāḥsecret-moving ones; spies
guhya-carāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootguhya (प्रातिपदिक) + cara (कृदन्त; √car (धातु))
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गुह्ये चरन्ति)
yasyawhose
yasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
guhyakāḥGuhyakas (attendant beings)
guhyakāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootguhyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
paritaḥaround, on all sides
paritaḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootparitas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb/preposition)
nṛṣuamong men
nṛṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन
saṃseviṣyāmahewe shall serve/attend
saṃseviṣyāmahe:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-√sev (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्
rājanO king
rājan:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
asurāḥAsuras
asurāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
tvāmyou
tvām:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
sva-vaibhavaiḥwith (their) own splendors/powers
sva-vaibhavaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + vaibhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य वैभवम्)
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A king seated in a luminous court; around him, disguised guhyakas move among humans like shadowy guardians, while proud asuras offer service with their own magical resources.
Characters & Entities
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GuhyakāḥA
AsurāḥR
Rājan (King)FAQs
In a dharmic domain, even unseen beings and former adversaries align themselves to protect and support rightful order.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa ambience of protected sacred space is implied; no named tīrtha appears in this verse.
None.