Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68
Devanagari script
दोः कंकणेन रिपुणा क्वणितं तावदुत्कटम् । महता सिंजितेनाहं तेनाल्पपरिबोधिता
Transliteration
doḥ kaṃkaṇena ripuṇā kvaṇitaṃ tāvadutkaṭam | mahatā siṃjitenāhaṃ tenālpaparibodhitā
Translation
അവന്റെ കൈയിലെ കങ്കണം ശത്രുവെന്നപോലെ കഠിനമായി മുഴങ്ങി. ആ വലിയ ഝങ്കാരത്തിൽ ഞാൻ അല്പം ബോധം വീണ്ടെടുത്തു।
Word by Word
दोःof the arm
दोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदोष्/दोस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘भुज’ अर्थे
कङ्कणेनby the bracelet
कङ्कणेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकङ्कण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
रिपुणाby the enemy
रिपुणा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootरिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
क्वणितम्a jingling sound
क्वणितम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootक्वणित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
तावत्so much, then
तावत्:
Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (degree/extent: so much/then)
उत्कटम्intense, loud
उत्कटम्:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण
महताwith great
महता:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण
सिञ्जितेनwith jingling
सिञ्जितेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसिञ्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
तेनby that
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अल्प-परिबोधिताslightly awakened
अल्प-परिबोधिता:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + परिबोधिता (प्रातिपदिक; √बुध्)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘अल्पा परिबोधिता’); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP sense: ‘made slightly aware’)
Speaker
Skanda (narrating within Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically to Agastya)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Close-up of a jeweled bracelet on a man’s forearm mid-motion, captured at the instant of loud jingling; the heroine’s eyes begin to open, startled.
FAQs
Even a small external sign can restore awareness; symbolically, subtle reminders can awaken spiritual mindfulness.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa situates the teaching in Kāśī’s sacred world, though this verse itself is a narrative detail.
No ritual instruction appears in this verse.