Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

ततस्त्वदितिमुख्यानां मिलितानां महोत्सवे । त्रोटयामास कर्णादीन्यंगप्रत्यंगकानि च

Transliteration

tatastvaditimukhyānāṃ militānāṃ mahotsave | troṭayāmāsa karṇādīnyaṃgapratyaṃgakāni ca

Translation

പിന്നീട്, ആ മഹോത്സവത്തിൽ ഒത്തുകൂടിയ അദിതി തുടങ്ങിയ പ്രധാന സ്ത്രീകളുടെ ചെവികളും മറ്റ് അവയവങ്ങളും അവൻ പറിച്ചെടുത്തു.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तद्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle)

• अदितिमुख्यानाम्: of those headed by Aditi
• अदितिमुख्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन; समासः—अदितिः मुख्या यसासां (those headed by Aditi)

• मिलितानाम्: of the assembled
• मिलितानाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मिल् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त); षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन; (agreeing with अदितिमुख्यानाम्)

• महोत्सवे: at the great festival
• महोत्सवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन; समासः—महान् उत्सवः (great festival)

• त्रोटयामास: caused to break/tore apart
• त्रोटयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रुट्/त्रोट् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• कर्णादीनि: ears and the like
• कर्णादीनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; समासः—कर्णः आदिः येषां तानि (ears and the like)

• अङ्गप्रत्यङ्गकानि: limbs and minor limbs
• अङ्गप्रत्यङ्गकानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रत्यङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; समासः—अङ्गानि च प्रत्यङ्गानि च (limbs and sub-limbs)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (didactic frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / internal audience of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A crowded celestial festival hall with Aditi and other divine ladies; the fierce attendant storms through, tearing ears and limbs; ornaments scatter, attendants flee, the yajña pavilion shakes.

Characters & Entities

• Aditi
• assembled devas/participants (implied)
• Śiva’s gaṇa/pārṣada (implied agent)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacrifice performed with ego and hostility to the Divine collapses into chaos; ritual without reverence loses its sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Kāśī—by presenting Śiva’s uncompromising lordship, a core theme of Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the breakdown of an irreverent yajña.