Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
योसावुच्चैःश्रवा वाजी श्रूयते सवितूरथे । किं रूपःसोस्ति शबलो धवलो वा वदाशु मे
Transliteration
yosāvuccaiḥśravā vājī śrūyate savitūrathe | kiṃ rūpaḥsosti śabalo dhavalo vā vadāśu me
Translation
സവിതാവിന്റെ രഥത്തിൽ ഉണ്ടെന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഉച്ചൈഃശ്രവാ അശ്വം—അവന്റെ രൂപം എങ്ങനെയാണ്? പുള്ളിപ്പുള്ളിയാണോ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ധവളമാണോ? വേഗം പറയുക.
Word by Word
यःwho/which
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
असौthat (one)
असौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
उच्चैःश्रवाःUccaiḥśravā (the famed horse)
उच्चैःश्रवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootuccaiḥ-śravas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (उच्चैः श्रवः यस्य सः)
वाजीthe horse
वाजी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvājin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; 'उच्चैःश्रवाः' इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन
श्रूयतेis heard of
श्रूयते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु, धातु)
Formलट् (present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (is heard)
सवितुःof Savitṛ (the Sun)
सवितुः:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootsavitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन
रथेon the chariot
रथे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootratha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा; एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
रूपःform, appearance
रूपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; (प्रश्नार्थे)
सःhe/that one
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस्, धातु)
Formलट्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
शबलःspotted, variegated
शबलः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśabala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (सः)
धवलःwhite
धवलः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhavala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विशेषण (सः)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle)
वदtell
वद:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vad (वद्, धातु)
Formलोट्; मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
आशुquickly
आशु:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootāśu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; शीघ्रार्थक (adverb: quickly)
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी; एकवचन
Speaker
Kadrū
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A vision-like mention of Uccaiḥśravā, the celestial horse associated with Savitṛ’s chariot; Kadrū presses for a quick description—mottled or white—foreshadowing deception and bondage.
Characters & Entities
U
UccaiḥśravāS
Savitṛ (Āditya)FAQs
Attachment to winning turns even small uncertainties into conflict; curiosity can become the seed of rivalry.
No tīrtha is directly mentioned; the verse advances a mythic episode within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting.
None.