Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

वर्षत्यपि महामेघे धारासारैर्दिवानिशम् । प्रावृट्कालेऽनिले वाति किंचित्प्रावरणं न मे

Transliteration

varṣatyapi mahāmeghe dhārāsārairdivāniśam | prāvṛṭkāle'nile vāti kiṃcitprāvaraṇaṃ na me

Translation

മഹാമേഘങ്ങൾ പകലും രാത്രിയും കനത്ത ധാരയായി പെയ്താലും, മഴക്കാലത്ത് കാറ്റ് വീശിയാലും, എനിക്ക് അല്പമെങ്കിലും മൂടുപടലം ഇല്ല।

Word by Word

• varṣati: it rains
• varṣati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• api: even; although
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि = ‘even/also’ (particle)

• mahā-meghe: in/under a great cloud
• mahā-meghe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + megha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास (महान् मेघः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• dhārā-sāraiḥ: with torrents of rain
• dhārā-sāraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārā (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (धाराणां साराः = streams/showers); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• divā-niśam: day and night
• divā-niśam: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: divā (अव्यय) + niśā (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (divā ca niśam ca) = ‘day and night’; क्रियाविशेषण

• prāvṛṭ-kāle: in the rainy season
• prāvṛṭ-kāle: Kala/Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāvṛṭ (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (प्रावृटः कालः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• anile: when the wind (blows); in the wind
• anile: Adhikarana (Location/Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• vāti: blows
• vāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kiṃcit: any; some; a little
• kiṃcit: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (अव्यय/सर्वनामप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक (indefinite ‘a little/some’)

• prāvaraṇam: covering; cloak
• prāvaraṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāvaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• na: not; no
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• me: for me; mine
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘for me/of me’ (possessive)

Speaker

Rākṣasa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Monsoon deluge: towering clouds, sheets of rain day and night; strong winds; the narrator stands without any cloak, shivering, drenched, helpless before nature.

Characters & Entities

• Monsoon (prāvṛṭ)
• Wind (anila)
• Clouds (megha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly security is fragile; unethical living can strip one of basic protections, urging a return to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse uses seasonal imagery to underline the severity of the rākṣasa’s condition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive verse highlighting deprivation.