Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

कालरात्रीं समाहूय कांत्या त्रैलोक्यसुंदरीम् । प्रेषयामास रुद्राणी तमाह्वातुं सुरद्रुहम्

Transliteration

kālarātrīṃ samāhūya kāṃtyā trailokyasuṃdarīm | preṣayāmāsa rudrāṇī tamāhvātuṃ suradruham

Translation

ရုဒြာဏီသည် ကာလာရాత్రီကို ခေါ်ယူ하였다—အလင်းရောင်တောက်ပ၍ သုံးလောက၏ အလှတရားဟူသကဲ့သို့—ထို့နောက် ဒေဝတားတို့၏ ရန်သူ (ဒေဝဒြုဟ) ကို ခေါ်ထုတ်ရန် သူမကို စေလွှတ်하였다။

Word by Word

• kālarātrīm: Kālarātrī
• kālarātrīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kālarātrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samāhūya: having summoned
• samāhūya: Kriya (Gerund/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√hū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having summoned’

• kāṃtyā: with radiance/beauty
• kāṃtyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental ‘by/with radiance’

• trailokya-sundarīm: the beauty of the three worlds
• trailokya-sundarīm: Karma (Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-lokya (प्रातिपदिक) + sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘beauty of the three worlds’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; epithet of Kālarātrī

• preṣayāmāsa: sent
• preṣayāmāsa: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√iṣ (धातु, causative/णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative ‘sent’

• rudrāṇī: Rudrāṇī (Pārvatī)
• rudrāṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudrāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• āhvātum: to summon
• āhvātum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√hū (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive) ‘to call/summon’

• sura-druham: the gods’ enemy
• sura-druham: Karma (Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + druh (प्रातिपदिक from √druh)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘enemy of the gods’; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; apposition to tam

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśī Khaṇḍa narration typically Skanda → Agastya)

Characters & Entities

• Rudrāṇī
• Kālārātrī
• Sura-druh (enemy of the devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess’s power operates through her forms and emissaries; divine order confronts adharma directly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is set within Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative environment, without naming a particular tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative action describing the Goddess’s command and mission.