Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

सा तु विद्याधरी जीवेद्विलोक्य त्वां नरेश्वर । पार्वतीवचनाद्दुष्टं घातयिष्यत्ययत्नतः

Transliteration

sā tu vidyādharī jīvedvilokya tvāṃ nareśvara | pārvatīvacanādduṣṭaṃ ghātayiṣyatyayatnataḥ

Translation

ഹേ നരേശ്വരാ, ആ വിദ്യാധരി നിന്നെ കണ്ടാൽ ജീവിച്ചിരിക്കും; പാർവതിയുടെ വചനബലത്താൽ അവൾ ആ ദുഷ്ടനെ പരിശ്രമമില്ലാതെ വധിപ്പിക്കും.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = feminine, nominative singular

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अन्वय) = particle ‘but/indeed’

• विद्याधरी: the Vidyādharī woman
• विद्याधरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyādhara (प्रातिपदिक) + ī (स्त्रीप्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = feminine, nominative singular

• जीवेत्: would live, may live
• जीवेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (संभावना/आशीः), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = optative, 3rd person singular

• विलोक्य: having seen
• विलोक्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + लोक् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (पूर्वकाल) = gerund ‘having seen’

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन = accusative singular

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् ईश्वरः) = masculine, vocative singular

• पार्वतीवचनात्: from Pārvatī’s words
• पार्वतीवचनात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पार्वत्याः वचनम्) = neuter, ablative singular

• दुष्टम्: the wicked one
• दुष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = masculine, accusative singular

• घातयिष्यति: will cause to be slain / will slay
• घातयिष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: घातय् (हन्-णिच् causative धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = simple future, 3rd person singular

• अयत्नतः: effortlessly
• अयत्नतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a-yatna (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverb ‘without effort’

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: In-frame audience; addressed to the king (nareśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prophecy-like assurance: the Vidyādharī will revive/continue living upon seeing the king; by Pārvatī’s command the wicked one will be slain effortlessly.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Vidyādharī
• Pārvatī
• King (nareśvara)
• Duṣṭa (wicked adversary)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace—especially through the Goddess’s command—can dissolve great obstacles with seeming ease.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is cited in the verse; it is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s overarching sanctity of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is mentioned; the focus is on the efficacy of Devī’s word and protective power.