Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

सा तान्भस्मीचकाराशु हुंकारजनिताग्निना । ततो दैत्यपतिः क्रुद्धो दृष्ट्वा तान्भस्मसात्कृतान्

Transliteration

sā tānbhasmīcakārāśu huṃkārajanitāgninā | tato daityapatiḥ kruddho dṛṣṭvā tānbhasmasātkṛtān

Translation

അവൾ തന്റെ ഹുങ്കാരത്തിൽ നിന്നുയർന്ന അഗ്നിയാൽ അവരെ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ ഭസ്മമാക്കി. പിന്നെ ദൈത്യപതി അവരെ ഭസ്മമായതായി കണ്ടു ക്രുദ്ധനായി.

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

• bhasmīcakāra: reduced to ashes
• bhasmīcakāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhasmī-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद; उपपद-समासवत् क्रियापद: ‘made into ashes’

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘quickly’

• huṃkāra-janita-agninā: with the fire produced by (her) roar
• huṃkāra-janita-agninā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: huṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + janita (√jan, क्त) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः: ‘huṃkāreṇa janitaḥ agniḥ’ (fire produced by a roar)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then’

• daitya-patiḥ: the lord of the demons
• daitya-patiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुषः: ‘daityānāṃ patiḥ’ (lord of demons)

• kruddhaḥ: angry
• kruddhaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (√krudh, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having seen’

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural)

• bhasmasāt-kṛtān: turned to ashes
• bhasmasāt-kṛtān: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhasmasāt (अव्यय) + kṛta (√kṛ, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc.), द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन (plural); अव्ययीभावः: ‘bhasmasāt kṛtān’ (made into ashes)

Speaker

Narrator (within Skanda’s discourse to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The messenger emits a thunderous roar; a wave of fire bursts forth, instantly turning attackers into ash heaps; the daitya-lord stands aghast, then furious.

Characters & Entities

• Daityapati (demon-king)
• The powerful lady (unnamed)
• Daitya attendants (burned to ash)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred is self-protecting; when adharma attacks purity, divine power manifests instantly to restore order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is an episode embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting; no individual tīrtha is named in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.