Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

तदंगसंगमासाद्य विदद्रे शतधा तया । कौमोदकी प्रहारेण वीरभद्रं प्रतापिनम्

Transliteration

tadaṃgasaṃgamāsādya vidadre śatadhā tayā | kaumodakī prahāreṇa vīrabhadraṃ pratāpinam

Translation

त्या कौमोदकी गदेच्या प्रहाराने अंगाला स्पर्श होताच, तो प्रतापी वीरभद्र शंभर तुकड्यांमध्ये विदीर्ण झाला.

Word by Word

• तदङ्गसङ्गमासाद्य: having reached/struck contact with his body
• तदङ्गसङ्गमासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक) + आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासपूर्वक क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund): तद्-अङ्ग-सङ्गमम् आसाद्य = ‘having reached contact with his body’

• विदद्रे: split, burst apart
• विदद्रे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विदॄ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• शतधा: into a hundred pieces
• शतधा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतधा (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: into a hundred parts)

• तया: by it/by her (that mace)
• तया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कौमोदकी: Kaumodakī (the mace)
• कौमोदकी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमोदकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रहारेण: by a blow/strike
• प्रहारेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वीरभद्रम्: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रतापिनम्: mighty, valiant
• प्रतापिनम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वीरभद्रस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration traditionally Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Kaumodakī mace-blow lands; Vīrabhadra’s form is shown splitting into a hundred fragments—an exaggerated, supernatural depiction of impact and dispersion.

Characters & Entities

• Kaumodakī
• Vīrabhadra
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the fiercest agents in cosmic drama are subject to reversal; Purāṇic narratives teach detachment from power and alignment with dharma over faction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger Kāśīkhaṇḍa glorifies Kāśī, but this verse is a combat outcome rather than a site-specific praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.