Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
Devanagari script
गर्जत्कादंबिनीजालं व्योम्नि वै व्याकुलं यथा । वृथा भवति संप्राप्य मनागनिललोलताम्
Transliteration
garjatkādaṃbinījālaṃ vyomni vai vyākulaṃ yathā | vṛthā bhavati saṃprāpya manāganilalolatām
Translation
ကောင်းကင်၌ ဟုန်းဟုန်းမြည်သော မုန်တိုင်းမိုးတိမ်အစုကြီးသည် လေ၏ အနည်းငယ်သော လှုပ်ရှားမှုကိုသာ တွေ့လျှင်ပင် ပြန့်ကျဲ၍ အကျိုးမဲ့သွားသကဲ့သို့၊ သူတို့၏ စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားမှုလည်း အလဟသ ဖြစ်သွား하였다။
Word by Word
garjatthundering
garjat:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootgarj (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/वर्तमान-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; adjectival participle qualifying "kādambinījālam"
kādambinī-jālama mass/net of clouds
kādambinī-jālam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkādambinī (प्रातिपदिक) + jāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कादंबिन्याः जालम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्
vyomniin the sky
vyomni:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvyoman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय
vyākulamagitated, disturbed
vyākulam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvyākula (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; agrees with "kādambinījālam"
yathājust as
yathā:
Upamāna-marker (Comparison/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formउपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative adverb)
vṛthāin vain, fruitlessly
vṛthā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvṛthā (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)
bhavatibecomes
bhavati:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्
saṃprāpyahaving attained
saṃprāpya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsam + √prāp (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया
manākslightly
manāk:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmanāk (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/अल्पार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: slightly)
anila-lolatāmwavering due to wind; wind-tossed state
anila-lolatām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanila (प्रातिपदिक) + lolatā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अनिलस्य लोलता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्
Speaker
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, commonly Skanda to Agastya)
Characters & Entities
D
Dhruva (implied)B
Bhūtāvalī (implied)FAQs
Adharmic intimidation collapses quickly; even a small movement of divine order can disperse great-looking threats.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred landscape in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse is a didactic comparison, not a site-glorification line.
None; it functions as an illustrative teaching within the narrative.