Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
Devanagari script
नासापुटांस्तथान्यासां पाटयामास पार्षदः । चिच्छेद चांगुलीश्चापि तथान्यासां शिवप्रियः
Transliteration
nāsāpuṭāṃstathānyāsāṃ pāṭayāmāsa pārṣadaḥ | ciccheda cāṃgulīścāpi tathānyāsāṃ śivapriyaḥ
Translation
シヴァ神に愛されたその従者は、ある女性たちの鼻孔を引き裂き、また他の女性たちの指を切り落とした。
Word by Word
नासापुटान्nostrils
नासापुटान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनासा (प्रातिपदिक) + पुट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; समासः—नासायाः पुटाः (nostrils)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)
अन्यासाम्of others
अन्यासाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन
पाटयामासsplit/tore
पाटयामास:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपट् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
Formलिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)
पार्षदःthe attendant (of Śiva)
पार्षदः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्षद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन
चिच्छेदcut off
चिच्छेद:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootछिद् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
अङ्गुलीःfingers
अङ्गुलीः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गुली (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन
चalso/and
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अपि-निपात (particle: also/even)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक
अन्यासाम्of others
अन्यासाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन
शिवप्रियःŚiva's beloved (attendant)
शिवप्रियः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; समासः—शिवस्य प्रियः (dear to Śiva)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī (didactic frame)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Ṛṣis / internal audience
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A fierce Śiva-gaṇa attendant, weaponless or with minimal arms, swiftly splitting nostrils and severing fingers (shown symbolically), while terrified women recoil; the yajña pavilion is in ruins.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaP
pārṣada (gaṇa)Y
yajña-assembly participants (implied)FAQs
Devotion without humility turns into offense; the Purāṇa uses stark imagery to deter blasphemy and arrogance.
The broader Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting, where devotion to Viśveśvara (Śiva) is central, frames the lesson.
None.