Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

कंदुकेश समुत्पत्तिं व्याघ्रे शाविर्भवं तथा । समाकर्ण्य नरो जातु नोपसर्गैः प्रदूयते

Transliteration

kaṃdukeśa samutpattiṃ vyāghre śāvirbhavaṃ tathā | samākarṇya naro jātu nopasargaiḥ pradūyate

Translation

കന്ദുകേശന്റെ ഉത്ഭവത്തെക്കുറിച്ചും വ്യാഘ്രേശ്വരന്റെ ആവിർഭാവത്തെക്കുറിച്ചും കേൾക്കുന്നതിലൂടെ, മനുഷ്യൻ ഒരിക്കലും വിപത്തുകളാൽ ദുഃഖിക്കേണ്ടി വരില്ല.

Word by Word

• कंदुकेश: of Kandukesha
• कंदुकेश: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंदुकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; (सम्बन्धे)

• समुत्पत्तिम्: origin, arising
• समुत्पत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + उत् + पद्/पत् (धातु) → समुत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• व्याघ्रे: in/at (the place called) Vyāghra
• व्याघ्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• शाविर्भवम्: manifestation, appearance
• शाविर्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शा + आविर्भव (प्रातिपदिक); आविर्भव < आविस् + भू (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘प्राकट्य/आविर्भाव’ अर्थे

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)

• समाकर्ण्य: having heard (well)
• समाकर्ण्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + कर्ण्/कृ (धातु) → समाकर्ण्य (क्त्वा-भाव)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘सम्यक् आकर्ण्य’ = having heard attentively

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जातु: ever (with negation: never)
• जातु: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/नित्यत्ववाचक-अव्यय (particle: ever/at any time; with negation = never)

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

• उपसर्गैः: by afflictions/obstacles
• उपसर्गैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• प्रदूयते: is afflicted, is corrupted
• प्रदूयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-भावे ‘be corrupted/afflicted’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṇḍukeśa; Vyāghreśvara-āvirbhāva-kathā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrative tableau: the origin of Kaṇḍukeśa and a miraculous Śiva-manifestation connected with a tiger; listeners are encircled by a protective aura, while symbols of calamity (storm, disease, evil eye) dissipate.

Characters & Entities

• Kaṇḍukeśa
• Śiva (manifestation)
• tiger (vyāghra)
• Kāśī (implied setting)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attentive hearing of Śiva’s wondrous manifestations in Kāśī is praised as a shield against misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kaṇḍukeśa and the Vyāghreśvara-related manifestation motif within Kāśī’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samākarṇa/śravaṇa—devout listening to the origin and manifestation narratives.