Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ऊरुवेगेन तरवः पतंति शिखरैः सह । यस्य दोर्दंडघातेन चूर्णाः स्युश्च शिलोच्चयाः

Transliteration

ūruvegena taravaḥ pataṃti śikharaiḥ saha | yasya dordaṃḍaghātena cūrṇāḥ syuśca śiloccayāḥ

Translation

Dengan deru paha-nya, pepohon tumbang bersama puncaknya; dan dengan hentaman lengan bagaikan tongkat gada, bahkan gunung-ganang berbatu pun hancur menjadi debu.

Word by Word

• ऊरुवेगेन: by the force of (his) thigh
• ऊरुवेगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु + वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ऊरोः वेगः)

• तरवः: trees
• तरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पतन्ति: fall
• पतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिखरैः: with their tops/peaks
• शिखरैः: Sahakari/Association (सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari/Association (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात (preposition-like, ‘with’)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• दोर्दण्डघातेन: by the blow of his arm-club
• दोर्दण्डघातेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोर् + दण्ड + घात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दोर्दण्डस्य घातः)

• चूर्णाः: pulverized
• चूर्णाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (शिलोच्चयाः)

• स्युः: would become/are (as if)
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• शिलोच्चयाः: heaps of rocks
• शिलोच्चयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिला + उच्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शिलानाम् उच्चयाः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal asura’s thigh-rush fells trees; his arm-blows pulverize rocky outcrops; splintered trunks and stone dust fill the air; pramathas recoil.

Characters & Entities

• Gajāsura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Physical power alone is not greatness; when divorced from dharma it becomes destructive and self-dooming.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī setting is implicit via the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but the verse does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.