Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99
Devanagari script
पदा संतर्जयामास यमः संज्ञासरूपिणीम् । तं शशाप च सा क्रोधात्सावर्णेर्जननी तदा
Transliteration
padā saṃtarjayāmāsa yamaḥ saṃjñāsarūpiṇīm | taṃ śaśāpa ca sā krodhātsāvarṇerjananī tadā
Translation
യമൻ കാൽ ഉയർത്തി സഞ്ജ്ഞാരൂപിണിയെ ഭീഷണിപ്പെടുത്തി. അപ്പോൾ സാവർണിയുടെ മാതാവ് കോപത്തോടെ അവനെ ശപിച്ചു।
Word by Word
पदाwith the foot
पदा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)
संतर्जयामासthreatened; intimidated
संतर्जयामास:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतर्ज् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः सम्
यमःYama
यमः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
संज्ञाSaṃjñā (name of a woman)
संज्ञा:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसंज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); समासाङ्ग (संज्ञा-सरूपिणीम्)
सरूपिणीम्having that form; embodied as
सरूपिणीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसरूपिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (संज्ञाम्)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
शशापcursed
शशाप:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootशप् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्
चand
च:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
क्रोधात्from anger
क्रोधात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन
सावर्णेःof Sāvarṇi
सावर्णेः:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसावर्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
जननीmother
जननी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजननी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तदाthen
तदा:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Yama lifts his foot in a threatening motion toward the Sañjñā-form mother; she recoils, eyes blazing, right hand raised in the act of cursing; attendants frozen in shock.
Characters & Entities
Y
YamaS
Sañjñā (form)S
SāvarṇiS
Sāvarṇi’s mother (Savarṇā/Chāyā-like figure)FAQs
Threat and violence provoke reactive karma; anger can manifest as a curse that shapes destiny.
None directly; it is a mythic episode within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader sacred narrative.
None.