Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

जननीं पादपातेन बहुशोऽसावताडयत् । कदाचिदपि नो वाक्यं पितुः कृतमनेन वै

Transliteration

jananīṃ pādapātena bahuśo'sāvatāḍayat | kadācidapi no vākyaṃ pituḥ kṛtamanena vai

Translation

അവൻ തന്റെ ജനനിയെ കാലടിയാൽ പലവട്ടം അടിച്ചു; സത്യമായി, പിതാവിന്റെ വാക്ക് അവൻ ഒരിക്കലും ഒരുതവണ പോലും അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചില്ല।

Word by Word

• जननीम्: mother
• जननीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पादपातेन: with a kick (fall/strike of the foot)
• पादपातेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + पात (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पादस्य पातः)

• बहुशः: many times
• बहुशः: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of frequency)

• असौ: that man (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अताडयत्: struck, beat
• अताडयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तड्/ताड् (धातु) + अ (विकरण)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• कदाचित्: ever, at any time
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि-भाव

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• वाक्यम्: word, instruction
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पितुः: of (his) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृतम्: was done/obeyed
• कृतम्: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अस्ति) इति लुप्त

• अनेन: by him
• अनेन: Karana (Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A harsh domestic scene: the man kicking his mother; the father’s command ignored; the household atmosphere fractured, dharma visibly broken.

Characters & Entities

• jananī
• pitṛ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It upholds reverence toward parents as foundational dharma and portrays parental abuse and disobedience as severe adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s broader Kāśī-centered teaching narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is an ethical statement about duty and misconduct.