Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यन्नेत्रयोः पिंगलिमा तथा तरलिमा पुनः । विद्युता नोज्झ्यतेऽद्यापि सोयमायाति सत्वरः

Transliteration

yannetrayoḥ piṃgalimā tathā taralimā punaḥ | vidyutā nojjhyate'dyāpi soyamāyāti satvaraḥ

Translation

Sinar kekuningan dan kerlip resah pada matanya hingga kini belum ditandingi kilat; dialah yang sedang datang dengan segera.

Word by Word

• यत्: which, that (as for which)
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative pronoun/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन — relative pronoun 'which/that' (here correlating with following description)

• नेत्रयोः: of the two eyes
• नेत्रयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन — 'of (the) two eyes'

• पिङ्गलिमा: tawny hue
• पिङ्गलिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिङ्गलिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'tawny/yellowishness'

• तथा: likewise, and so
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — 'thus/likewise'

• तरलिमा: restlessness, wavering
• तरलिमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरलिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'waveringness/restlessness'

• पुनः: again, moreover
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — repetition

• विद्युता: by lightning
• विद्युता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्युत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — 'by lightning'

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• उज्झ्यते: is left behind, is abandoned
• उज्झ्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+ह्या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — 'is abandoned/left'

• अद्यापि: even now, still
• अद्यापि: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय-समुच्चय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb) — 'even today/still now'

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'he/that one'

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'this (one)'

• आयाति: comes, approaches
• आयाति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'comes/approaches'

• सत्वरः: swiftly, in haste
• सत्वरः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'hasty/quick' (qualifying सः/अयम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close focus on the demon’s tawny, lightning-bright eyes—restless, flickering—casting sharp highlights across a darkened sky as he rushes forward.

Characters & Entities

• Gajāsura
• Lightning (vidyut)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa portrays the terror of adharma vividly to highlight the necessity and certainty of divine protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the textual setting; no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.