Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

यदा देवं नालुलोके मनागपि वरोन्मुखम् । तदान्यं नियमं घोरं जग्राहातीवदुःसहम्

Transliteration

yadā devaṃ nāluloke manāgapi varonmukham | tadānyaṃ niyamaṃ ghoraṃ jagrāhātīvaduḥsaham

Translation

ແຕ່ເມື່ອລາວບໍ່ເຫັນພຣະເຈົ້າຈະເອົາໃຈໄປທາງປະທານພອນແມ່ນແຕ່ນ້ອຍ ລາວຈຶ່ງຮັບເອົານິຍົມອັນນ່າຢ້ານອີກຢ່າງໜຶ່ງ—ທີ່ທົນທານໄດ້ຍາກຢິ່ງ.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Clause-linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal conjunction)

• देवम्: the god (Lord)
• देवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Kriya-pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• अलुलोके: (he) saw; beheld
• अलुलोके: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लोक् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; अभ्यस्त (reduplicated)

• मनाक्: even a little
• मनाक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मनाक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (degree adverb)

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/समुच्चय (particle: even/also)

• वर-उन्मुखम्: turned toward granting a boon
• वर-उन्मुखम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + उन्मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to देवम्)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Clause-linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (then)

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to नियमम्)

• नियमम्: vow; observance
• नियमम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• घोरम्: terrible; severe
• घोरम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to नियमम्)

• जग्राह: (he) undertook; took up
• जग्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अतीव-दुःसहम्: extremely hard to endure
• अतीव-दुःसहम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय) + दुःसह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to नियमम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śukra, after long worship, looks for a sign of favor but sees none; he adopts a harsher vow—his posture becomes more austere, surroundings stark, with minimal offerings and a severe atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Deva)
• Śukra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When grace seems delayed, the devotee deepens discipline—steadfast tapas is praised as dharmic perseverance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, as the sacred setting where intense austerities aimed at Śiva’s boon are narrated and honored.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Adoption of a ghora niyama—an intensified observance/austerity—when the desired boon is not yet obtained.