Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

परिदंड्य च दंडार्हान्साधूंश्च परितोष्य च । दारानपि परित्यज्य विषयेषु पराङ्मुखः

Transliteration

paridaṃḍya ca daṃḍārhānsādhūṃśca paritoṣya ca | dārānapi parityajya viṣayeṣu parāṅmukhaḥ

Translation

दंडास पात्र असणाऱ्यांना त्याने दंड दिला आणि साधूंना संतुष्ट केले. गृहबंधनही त्यागून तो विषयभोगांपासून पराङ्मुख झाला.

Word by Word

• paridaṃḍya: having punished
• paridaṃḍya: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-daṇḍ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): परिदण्ड्य (having punished)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च (and)

• daṇḍārhān: those deserving punishment
• daṇḍārhān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṇḍa-arha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: दण्डस्य अर्हः (worthy of punishment); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• sādhūn: the virtuous
• sādhūn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च (and)

• paritoṣya: having satisfied
• paritoṣya: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): परितोष्य (having pleased/satisfied)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च (and)

• dārān: wife/household
• dārān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; दाराः (wife/wives; household)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): अपि (even/also)

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): परित्यज्य (having abandoned)

• viṣayeṣu: in sense-objects/worldly matters
• viṣayeṣu: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (Locative)

• parāṅmukhaḥ: turned away (from)
• parāṅmukhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parāṅ-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: पराङ् (awayward/turned away) + मुख (face); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (narration context: Kāśīkhaṇḍa, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king administers justice—punishing offenders, rewarding the righteous—then removes royal ornaments, bids farewell to household life, and turns his gaze away from worldly pleasures.

Characters & Entities

• Durdama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous rule includes justice and honoring virtue; once duties are fulfilled, dispassion enables renunciation toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Kāśī’s liberating influence; the verse describes its effect as vairāgya and dharmic action.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it outlines ethical conduct (justice, honoring sādhus) and the renunciate turn away from viṣayas.