Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

स्वरूपेण पतंगी त्वं पतंगोसौ सहस्रगुः । अतएव न ते बाधा गगने तापसंभवा

Transliteration

svarūpeṇa pataṃgī tvaṃ pataṃgosau sahasraguḥ | ataeva na te bādhā gagane tāpasaṃbhavā

Translation

സ്വഭാവത്താൽ നീ പത്തംഗി; അവൻ സഹസ്രകിരണങ്ങളോടെ സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്ന സൂര്യൻ. അതുകൊണ്ട് ആകാശത്തിൽ അവനിൽ നിന്നുയരുന്ന താപം നിന്നെ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടിക്കുന്നില്ല.

Word by Word

• स्वरूपेण: by (your) own form/nature
• स्वरूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः—स्व + रूप (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थे)

• पतङ्गी: a female moth/insect
• पतङ्गी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पतङ्गः: a moth/insect
• पतङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• असौ: that (one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दूरवाचक-सर्वनाम

• सहस्रगुः: moving in thousands / of thousandfold motion
• सहस्रगुः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र + गु (प्रातिपदिक); गु (गम्/गु धात्वर्थे ‘गमन/गति’ इत्यर्थक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सहस्रस्य गुः/गामी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha/Hetu (Logical connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक-निपात (therefore/from this)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (your)

• बाधा: harm/affliction
• बाधा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गगने: in the sky
• गगने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तापसंभवा: arising from heat
• तापसंभवा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताप + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तापात् सम्भवा (पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Vinatā (addressing Kadrū, in narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: High in the blue vault of the sky, a radiant sun with a thousand rays blazes; a delicate moth-like female figure is shown unharmed, emphasizing the paradox of heat not troubling her by nature.

Characters & Entities

• Vinatā
• Kadrū
• Sūrya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One’s inherent nature (svabhāva/svarūpa) determines what can or cannot cause suffering; dharma is read through the lens of innate disposition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework, but this specific line is narrative (Vinatā–Kadrū) and does not directly name a particular Kāśī tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is explanatory narration about forms and the Sun’s heat.