Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ताडिता ताडितुं चेच्छेत्सा व्याघ्री वृषदंशिका । कटाक्षयतियाऽन्यं वै केकराक्षी तु सा भवेत

Transliteration

tāḍitā tāḍituṃ cecchetsā vyāghrī vṛṣadaṃśikā | kaṭākṣayatiyā'nyaṃ vai kekarākṣī tu sā bhaveta

Translation

അടിക്കപ്പെട്ടിട്ടും തിരിച്ചടിക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ വൃഷദംശികയായ വ്യാഘ്രിയായി (കാളകളെ കടിക്കുന്ന കടുവയായി) ജനിക്കുന്നു. മറ്റൊരു പുരുഷനിലേക്കു കാമകടാക്ഷം വിടുന്നവൾ കೇಕരാക്ഷിയായി (വക്രദൃഷ്ടിയുള്ളവൾ) ആകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• tāḍitā: (if) struck
• tāḍitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāḍ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• tāḍitum: to strike
• tāḍitum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāḍ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययवत्

• cet: if
• cet: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• icchet: should wish
• icchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अन्वय-सूचक (correlative pronoun)

• vyāghrī: a tigress
• vyāghrī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāghrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vṛṣadaṃśikā: a (kind of) biting creature; lit. 'bull-biter'
• vṛṣadaṃśikā: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + daṃśikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (vṛṣa-daṃśikā)

• kaṭākṣa-yatiyā: by a side-glancing ascetic (woman)
• kaṭākṣa-yatiyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṭākṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + yati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (one who is a 'kaṭākṣa-yati')

• anyam: another (man)
• anyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• kekara-akṣī: a woman with squinting eyes
• kekara-akṣī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kekara (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (kekarā akṣī yasyāḥ)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (contrastive particle)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two moral vignettes: (1) a domestic scene where a struck woman restrains retaliation; shadow-image of a tigress biting a bull illustrates the alternative karmic path. (2) a woman casting a sidelong lustful glance; the next frame shows crossed eyes as symbolic consequence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It condemns vengefulness and improper desire, using rebirth/affliction imagery to stress self-control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral warning concerning retaliation and improper glances.