Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
Devanagari script
जननीं पादपातेन बहुशोऽसावताडयत् । कदाचिदपि नो वाक्यं पितुः कृतमनेन वै
Transliteration
jananīṃ pādapātena bahuśo'sāvatāḍayat | kadācidapi no vākyaṃ pituḥ kṛtamanena vai
Translation
彼は幾度も自らの母を足蹴にして打ち、まことに一度たりとも父の言葉を実行しなかった。
Word by Word
जननीम्mother
जननीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजननी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
पादपातेनwith a kick (fall/strike of the foot)
पादपातेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद + पात (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पादस्य पातः)
बहुशःmany times
बहुशः:
Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहुशः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb of frequency)
असौthat man (he)
असौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अताडयत्struck, beat
अताडयत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√तड्/ताड् (धातु) + अ (विकरण)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
कदाचित्ever, at any time
कदाचित्:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचित् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अपि-भाव
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात
वाक्यम्word, instruction
वाक्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पितुःof (his) father
पितुः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कृतम्was done/obeyed
कृतम्:
Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अस्ति) इति लुप्त
अनेनby him
अनेन:
Karana (Agent-instrumental/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis (frame)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A harsh domestic scene: the man kicking his mother; the father’s command ignored; the household atmosphere fractured, dharma visibly broken.
Characters & Entities
J
jananīP
pitṛFAQs
It upholds reverence toward parents as foundational dharma and portrays parental abuse and disobedience as severe adharma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader Kāśī-centered teaching narrative.
None; the verse is an ethical statement about duty and misconduct.