Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
सापि शंभोर्गिरं श्रुत्वा मुखपीयूषवर्षिणीम् । महासंतापशमनीं लोचने उदमीलयत्
Transliteration
sāpi śaṃbhorgiraṃ śrutvā mukhapīyūṣavarṣiṇīm | mahāsaṃtāpaśamanīṃ locane udamīlayat
Translation
シャンブ（Śambhu）の言葉を聞くと—それは口より降る甘露の雨のごとく、大いなる苦悩を鎮めるもの—彼女はその両眼を開いた。
Word by Word
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात) = particle; ‘also/even’
शम्भोःof Śambhu
शम्भोः:
Sambandha (Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootशम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine, Genitive, Singular
गिरम्speech/words
गिरम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Feminine, Accusative, Singular
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√श्रु (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) = having heard
मुखपीयूषवर्षिणीम्nectar-raining from (his) mouth
मुखपीयूषवर्षिणीम्:
Karma (Object-Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुख-पीयूष-वर्षिणी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (मुखात् पीयूषं वर्षति इति); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गिरम्)
महासंतापशमनीम्great-sorrow/torment-allaying
महासंतापशमनीम्:
Karma (Object-Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा-संताप-शमनी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (महान् संतापः तं शमयति इति); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गिरम्)
लोचने(her) two eyes
लोचने:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootलोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन = Neuter, Accusative, Dual
उदमीलयत्opened
उदमीलयत्:
Kriya (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-√मील् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular
Speaker
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative to Agastya)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The ascetic woman, soothed by Śiva’s nectar-like words that quell great anguish, slowly opens her eyes.
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śambhu (Śiva)FAQs
Divine speech (śiva-vāṇī) is portrayed as healing—removing inner burning and restoring clarity.
The Kāśī setting continues, emphasizing that this sacred ground becomes a theatre for grace and relief.
No explicit rite; the focus is on the transformative power of hearing the Lord’s words (śravaṇa).