Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25
Devanagari script
शप्तश्च वीक्षमाणानां देवर्षीणां प्रजापतिः । मया च कर्णौ पिहितौ श्रुत्वा तद्गर्हणा गिरः
Transliteration
śaptaśca vīkṣamāṇānāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ prajāpatiḥ | mayā ca karṇau pihitau śrutvā tadgarhaṇā giraḥ
Translation
Di hadapan para dewa-ṛṣi yang menyaksikan, Prajāpati pun dikutuk; dan aku menutup kedua telingaku ketika mendengar kata-kata celaan itu.
Word by Word
शप्तःwas cursed
शप्तः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√शप् (धातु) + शप्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृत् (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि (cursed)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
वीक्षमाणानाम्of those watching
वीक्षमाणानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Root√ईक्ष् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (of those who were watching)
देवर्षीणाम्of the divine sages
देवर्षीणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (divine sages)
प्रजापतिःPrajāpati (Brahmā)
प्रजापतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्ता (by me)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
कर्णौ(my) two ears
कर्णौ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन
पिहितौwere covered; were closed
पिहितौ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धातु) उपसर्ग-पी/पि? + पिहित (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृत् (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; कर्मणि (were covered/closed)
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having heard)
तत्-गर्हणाःcensuring (those)
तत्-गर्हणाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + गर्हणा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (censuring that) विशेषण (of गिरः)
गिरःwords; utterances
गिरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगिर्/गिरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
Speaker
Narrator (first-person witness within the story; exact identity not explicit in snippet)
Characters & Entities
D
Dakṣa (Prajāpati)D
DevarṣisFAQs
Adharma in sacred contexts draws immediate karmic consequence (śāpa), and wise witnesses recoil from harmful speech and wrongdoing.
No site is named; the verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s larger Kāśī Māhātmya framework.
None; it narrates a curse and the reaction to condemnatory speech.