Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
कदाचित्संपदुदयः कदाचिद्विपदुद्गमः । दैवाद्द्वयमपि प्राप्य धीरो धैर्यं न हापयेत्
Transliteration
kadācitsaṃpadudayaḥ kadācidvipadudgamaḥ | daivāddvayamapi prāpya dhīro dhairyaṃ na hāpayet
Translation
ある時は繁栄が起こり、ある時は災難が立ち上がる。いずれも天の定めとして受けつつ、堅固なる者は勇気を失ってはならぬ。
Word by Word
कदाचित्sometimes
कदाचित्:
Kala-adhikarana (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचित् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
संपदुदयःrise of prosperity
संपदुदयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंपद् + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (संपदः उदयः)
कदाचित्sometimes
कदाचित्:
Kala-adhikarana (Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचित् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय
विपदुद्गमःarising of adversity
विपदुद्गमः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविपद् + उद्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विपदः उद्गमः)
दैवात्from fate/by destiny
दैवात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootदैव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
द्वयम्both (of these)
द्वयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय
प्राप्यhaving obtained/encountered
प्राप्य:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र + √आप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) ‘having obtained’; उपसर्ग-प्र
धीरःthe steadfast person
धीरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
धैर्यम्steadfastness/courage
धैर्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
हापयेत्should not lose/should not let go
हापयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√हा (धातु) (णिच्)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) = ‘cause to abandon/lose’
Speaker
Skanda (contextual attribution continuing from Skanda uvāca)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Two panels: in one, the pilgrim receives garlands and honor; in the other, he faces loss and hardship—yet his posture and gaze remain identical, symbolizing dhairya.
FAQs
Dharma calls for steady courage through both fortune and misfortune, recognizing their changing nature.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; it is general instruction situated in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa tradition.
None; the focus is on inner discipline—maintaining dhairya.