Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

कद्रु त्वया जितं भद्रे यत उच्चैःश्रवा हयः । चंद्ररश्मिप्रभोप्येष कल्माष इव भासते

Transliteration

kadru tvayā jitaṃ bhadre yata uccaiḥśravā hayaḥ | caṃdraraśmiprabhopyeṣa kalmāṣa iva bhāsate

Translation

「おおカドルーよ、愛しき者よ、汝は勝った。天馬ウッチャイシュラヴァはまことに汝のもの。月光の輝きを宿しながらも、なお斑に黒ずんで見える。」

Word by Word

• कद्रु: O Kadrū
• कद्रु: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जितम्: (it) has been won
• जितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु) + जित (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘has been won/defeated’

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यतः: because, since
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध)
• Form: हेतु/कारणवाचक-अव्यय (causal)

• उच्चैःश्रवा: Uccaiḥśravas (the divine horse)
• उच्चैःश्रवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्चैःश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष-नाम

• हयः: horse
• हयः: Apposition (Same referent/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चंद्ररश्मिप्रभा: moonbeam-like radiance
• चंद्ररश्मिप्रभा: Upamana/Comparison base (Implied/उपमान-आधार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चंद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (चन्द्रस्य रश्मयः; तेषां प्रभा)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• एषः: this (he/it)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कल्माषः: a spotted one; dark-spotted (thing)
• कल्माषः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्माष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Discourse (Simile marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• भासते: shines, appears
• भासते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भास् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Vinatā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vinatā speaks gently yet firmly: ‘You have won’; the celestial horse Uccaiḥśravā is shown luminous like moonbeams yet with a dark mottled patch; Kadrū listens, vindicated; the sky glows with tempered sunlight.

Characters & Entities

• Vinatā
• Kadrū
• Uccaiḥśravā (celestial horse)
• Candra (Moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acknowledging another’s ‘win’ reflects restraint and truthfulness; dharma includes accepting outcomes without deceit even in rivalry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific Kāśī tīrtha is named in this verse; it belongs to the mythic backstory embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative statement about the horse Uccaiḥśravā and appearance/color.