Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

इति यावन्महेशानो मनस्येव विचिंतयेत् । तावत्तत्क्रोधजो वह्निर्व्यानशे व्योममंडलम्

Transliteration

iti yāvanmaheśāno manasyeva viciṃtayet | tāvattatkrodhajo vahnirvyānaśe vyomamaṃḍalam

Translation

महेश्वर मनात असे विचार करीत असतानाच, त्या क्रोधातून उत्पन्न झालेला अग्नी पसरून संपूर्ण आकाशमंडल व्यापून टाकला.

Word by Word

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

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/काल-सीमा-वाचक अव्यय (correlative ‘as long as/while’)

• महेशानः: Maheśāna (Śiva)
• महेशानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मनसि: in (his) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय

• विचिन्तयेत्: might reflect/consider
• विचिन्तयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु) with वि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तावत्: so long/then
• तावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: तावद्-शब्दः (correlative adverb ‘so long/then’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; संकेत/अन्वय (refers to that anger)

• क्रोधजः: born of anger
• क्रोधजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘born from anger’

• वह्निः: fire
• वह्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• व्यानशे: pervaded/spread over
• व्यानशे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) with वि-आ- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; रूपम्: व्यानशे (व्यानश)

• व्योममण्डलम्: the sphere of the sky
• व्योममण्डलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योम (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sudden blaze born of anger expands upward, filling the firmament; the sky becomes a mandala of fire while the thinker remains inwardly reflective, emphasizing the speed of tejas.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśa (Śiva)
• Durvāsā
• Krodhaja Vahni (fire of anger)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger is portrayed as a force with expansive consequences; inner disturbances can become world-affecting in puranic symbolism.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider episode belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa and culminates in the Prahāsiteśvara liṅga’s manifestation in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description emphasizing the potency (and danger) of krodha.