Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

परं युध्यसि दैत्येंद्रैर्दानवेंद्रैर्न पार्षदैः । इत्युक्ता वीरभद्रेण भुशुंडीकलिताकरे

Transliteration

paraṃ yudhyasi daityeṃdrairdānaveṃdrairna pārṣadaiḥ | ityuktā vīrabhadreṇa bhuśuṃḍīkalitākare

Translation

'നീ ദൈത്യേന്ദ്രന്മാരോടും ദാനവേന്ദ്രന്മാരോടും മാത്രമേ യുദ്ധം ചെയ്യാറുള്ളൂ, പാർഷദന്മാരോടല്ല!' കയ്യിൽ ഭുശുണ്ടി ആയുധമേന്തിയ വീരഭദ്രൻ ഇപ്രകാരം പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• परम्: only, chiefly, rather
• परम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: excessively/only)

• युध्यसि: you fight
• युध्यसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• दैत्येन्द्रैः: with lords of the Daityas
• दैत्येन्द्रैः: Sahakari (सहकारी/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दैत्यानाम् इन्द्राः), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• दानवेन्द्रैः: with lords of the Dānavas
• दानवेन्द्रैः: Sahakari (सहकारी/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दानवानाम् इन्द्राः), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

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

• पार्षदैः: with attendants/retainers
• पार्षदैः: Sahakari (सहकारी/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• उक्ता: having been spoken/said
• उक्ता: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive sense)

• वीरभद्रेण: by Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रेण: Kartr-karana (कर्तृकरण/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• भुशुण्डीकलिताकरे: O one with hands holding a bhuśuṇḍī (weapon)
• भुशुण्डीकलिताकरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुशुण्डी (प्रातिपदिक) + कलित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (भुशुण्ड्या कलितौ करौ यस्य), पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/सप्तमी? एकवचन; प्रसङ्गतः सम्बोधन एकवचन (O you whose hands hold a bhuśuṇḍī)

Speaker

Vīrabhadra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra, gripping a bhuśuṇḍī, rebukes the opponent: ‘You are fit to fight Daitya and Dānava lords, not mere attendants,’ his posture blazing with Rudra-like wrath.

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Daitya
• Dānava
• Pārṣada
• Bhuśuṇḍī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Status and strength are relativized: the Purāṇa highlights that divine attendants can equal or exceed the might of famed demon-kings, undermining pride in rank.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-oriented narration; no specific tīrtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.