Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

जहार तरसा तारां रूपवान्रूपशालिनीम् । वार्यमाणोपि गीर्वाणैर्बहुदेवर्षिभिः पुनः

Transliteration

jahāra tarasā tārāṃ rūpavānrūpaśālinīm | vāryamāṇopi gīrvāṇairbahudevarṣibhiḥ punaḥ

Translation

ရုပ်ရည်လှပသူသည် တာရာကို အင်အားဖြင့် လုယူခေါ်ဆောင်သွား하였다—အလွန်အမင်း ရုပ်သွင်လှပသူမကို—ဘုရားတို့နှင့် ဒေဝရိရှီများစွာက ထပ်ခါထပ်ခါ တားဆီးသော်လည်း။

Word by Word

• jahāra: abducted/took away
• jahāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tarasā: by force, swiftly
• tarasā: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (adverbial use)

• tārām: Tārā
• tārām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• rūpavān: handsome
• rūpavān: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• rūpaśālinīm: beautiful (possessing beauty)
• rūpaśālinīm: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpaśālinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• vāryamāṇaḥ: being restrained/forbidden
• vāryamāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शानच्/मान-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: even though
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive: even though)

• gīrvāṇaiḥ: by the gods (gīrvāṇas)
• gīrvāṇaiḥ: Karana (Agent/instrument in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīrvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural)

• bahu-devarṣibhiḥ: by many divine seers
• bahu-devarṣibhiḥ: Karana (Agent/instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + devarṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—बहवः देवरषयः

• punaḥ: again, further
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogues, commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (as didactic kṣetra-frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrim audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma, dazzling and youthful, lifts Tārā away as devas and devarṣis raise hands in prohibition; the scene is charged with motion—Tārā’s ornaments and garments flowing, sages’ matted locks and staffs forming a moral barrier.

Characters & Entities

• Tārā
• Devas (Gīrvāṇas)
• Devarṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire unchecked by restraint and counsel becomes violence; dharma requires heeding wise prohibition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a site-specific verse; it is part of a moral narrative embedded within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is narrative and ethical.