Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

त्वदंगलक्षणैरेभिः सुपवित्रैश्च ते व्रतैः । निर्वापयितुमिच्छामि दैत्यास्त्रैस्तापितां तनुम्

Transliteration

tvadaṃgalakṣaṇairebhiḥ supavitraiśca te vrataiḥ | nirvāpayitumicchāmi daityāstraistāpitāṃ tanum

Translation

तुझ्या देहावरील या शुभ लक्षणांनी आणि तुझ्या परम पवित्र व्रतांनी दैत्यांच्या अस्त्रांनी दग्ध झालेल्या माझ्या या देहाला मी शीतल व शांत करावयास इच्छिते.

Word by Word

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular)

• अङ्गलक्षणैः: by the bodily marks
• अङ्गलक्षणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अङ्गस्य लक्षणानि)

• एभिः: by these
• एभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सुपवित्रैः: very pure
• सुपवित्रैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्रतैः: by vows
• व्रतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (Plural)

• निर्वापयितुम्: to extinguish/soothe
• निर्वापयितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्वा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), हेत्वर्थे (purpose)

• इच्छामि: I wish
• इच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• दैत्यास्त्रैः: by demon-weapons
• दैत्यास्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य + अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दैत्यस्य अस्त्राणि)

• तापिताम्: tormented/burnt
• तापिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• तनुम्: body
• तनुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śrī (Haripriyā; Lakṣmī), speaking within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, scorched by demonic weapons, approaches a radiant, vow-bearing woman whose auspicious bodily marks and purity are depicted as a cooling, moonlike aura that soothes burns.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pure vows (vrata) and auspicious spiritual qualities are portrayed as forces that pacify inner heat—suffering, agitation, and karmic pain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework, supporting the broader glorification of Kāśī as the supreme purifier, though this line itself names no single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vrata (sacred observance) is highlighted as a purifying discipline capable of removing ‘heat’ (tāpa) caused by hostile forces.