Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

मखमंडप भूस्तेन क्षणतः स्थपुटीकृता । अकांडं तडिदापातो जातोभूद्भूप्रकपनः

Transliteration

makhamaṃḍapa bhūstena kṣaṇataḥ sthapuṭīkṛtā | akāṃḍaṃ taḍidāpāto jātobhūdbhūprakapanaḥ

Translation

ആ കാറ്റാൽ യാഗമണ്ഡപത്തിന്റെ ഭൂമി ക്ഷണത്തിൽ പിളർന്ന് പൊങ്ങിപ്പോയി; അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമായി മിന്നൽ വീണു, ഭൂമി കുലുങ്ങി।

Word by Word

• makha-maṃḍapa-bhūḥ: the ground of the sacrificial pavilion
• makha-maṃḍapa-bhūḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: makha (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃḍapa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = the ground/floor of the sacrificial pavilion

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम = by that (wind etc.)

• kṣaṇataḥ: instantly, in a moment
• kṣaṇataḥ: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-निभ (तसिल्-प्रत्यय) = adverbial ablative ‘in a moment/instantly’

• sthaputī-kṛtā: was made uneven/rough
• sthaputī-kṛtā: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthaputī (प्रातिपदिक) + √kṛ (कृ) ; कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle) from ‘sthaputī-kṛ’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण ‘bhūḥ’ = made uneven/rough (made into bumps/pits)

• akāṇḍam: suddenly
• akāṇḍam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: akāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = suddenly, unexpectedly

• taḍit-āpātaḥ: a lightning strike
• taḍit-āpātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taḍit (प्रातिपदिक) + āpāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = a lightning-strike/fall of lightning

• jātaḥ: occurred, arose
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jan (जन्) ; जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘arisen/occurred’ (agreeing with ‘āpātaḥ’)

• abhūt: became, was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लुङ् (अorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhū-prakapanaḥ: an earthquake
• bhū-prakapanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + prakapana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = earth-tremor/earthquake

Speaker

Unknown from snippet (narrative description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A violent gust tears through the pavilion; the earthen floor buckles into shards; a jagged lightning bolt strikes nearby; priests recoil; offerings scatter; the earth ripples as if alive.

Characters & Entities

• Makha (yajña)
• Maṇḍapa
• Lightning
• Earthquake

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas portray ritual space as sensitive to moral and divine currents; when imbalance arises, the very yajña-ground becomes unstable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates destructive omens impacting a makha-maṇḍapa.