Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

निर्भर्त्स्य सरितांनाथं केनचिद्रुद्ररूपिणा । त्रिशूलपाणिनेत्युक्तं क्रोधताम्राननेनच

Transliteration

nirbhartsya saritāṃnāthaṃ kenacidrudrarūpiṇā | triśūlapāṇinetyuktaṃ krodhatāmrānanenaca

Translation

പിന്നീട് രുദ്രരൂപം ധരിച്ച ഒരാൾ നദികളുടെ നാഥനെ കഠിനമായി ശാസിച്ചു; കോപത്തിൽ ചുവന്ന മുഖത്തോടെ—“ഹേ ത്രിശൂലപാണി!” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• निर्भर्त्स्य: having rebuked
• निर्भर्त्स्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निर्भर्त्स् (धातु) → निर्भर्त्स्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) ‘-य’ (having rebuked)

• सरिताम्: of rivers
• सरिताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• नाथम्: lord
• नाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• केन: by whom
• केन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (Instrumental singular)

• चित्: some
• चित्: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चितार्थक-निपात (indefinite particle)

• रुद्ररूपिणा: by one having Rudra’s form
• रुद्ररूपिणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘रुद्रस्य रूपम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; विशेषण (Instrumental singular masculine)

• त्रिशूलपाणिना: by the trident-in-hand (one)
• त्रिशूलपाणिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिशूल + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘त्रिशूलः पाणौ यस्य’ इति बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रचलितः, रूपतः तत्पुरुष-समासवत्; (Instrumental singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• उक्तम्: was said
• उक्तम्: Karma (Predicate/कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (it was said)

• क्रोधताम्राननेन: by him whose face was copper-red with anger
• क्रोधताम्राननेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध + ताम्र + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘क्रोधेन ताम्रम् आननम्’ इति कर्मधारय-समास; विशेषण (Instrumental singular masculine)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Gaṅgā-ghāṭa sphere implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Rudra-like figure, trident in hand, face reddened with anger, confronts the lord of rivers amid churning waters; the atmosphere is judicial and thunderous.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (form)
• Triśūlapāṇi (Śiva epithet)
• Saritāṃnātha (lord of rivers / ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva power is presented as the supreme regulator: even cosmic forces like the ocean are accountable before Rudra’s authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Kāśīkhaṇḍa story-context; the glorification is thematic (Śiva’s supremacy) rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.