Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

समादाय महाबाहुः स तदा मित्रजिन्नृपः । जहर्ष च जगादोच्चैर्बालायाश्चाभयं दिशन्

Transliteration

samādāya mahābāhuḥ sa tadā mitrajinnṛpaḥ | jaharṣa ca jagādoccairbālāyāścābhayaṃ diśan

Translation

ထိုအခါ လက်မောင်းကြီးသော မိတြဇစ် မင်းသည် ထိုတံခွန်ကို ကိုင်ယူ၍ ဝမ်းမြောက်ကာ အသံမြင့်စွာ ကြွေးကြော်ပြီး မိန်းကလေးအား အဘယ (ကြောက်မက်ခြင်းကင်း) ကို ပေးတော်မူ하였다။

Word by Word

• समादाय: having taken up
• समादाय: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund); ‘having taken up’

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (स/नृपः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• मित्रजित्: conqueror of enemies (lit. ‘friend-conqueror’)
• मित्रजित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जि (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘मित्राणि जयति’ इति; विशेषण (नृपः)

• नृपः: king
• नृपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जहर्ष: rejoiced
• जहर्ष: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• जगाद: said
• जगाद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• उच्चैः: aloud, loudly
• उच्चैः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• बालायाः: to the girl
• बालायाः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अभयम्: fearlessness, assurance of safety
• अभयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दिशन्: granting (assurance)
• दिशन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान-कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘bestowing/indicating’

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Mitrajit, broad-armed, lifts the radiant triśūla with joy; his raised voice rings out as his other hand gestures protection toward the maiden, whose fear begins to dissolve.

Characters & Entities

• Mitrajit

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

To uphold dharma, a ruler must actively remove fear and ensure protection—abhaya is a sacred gift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the underlying sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where righteous kingship aligns with the city’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it emphasizes ethical duty (rāja-dharma) expressed as protection.