Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अग्निं पिबामो जलवच्चूर्णीकुर्मोखिलान्गिरीन् । सप्तापि चार्णवांस्तूर्णं करवाम मरुस्थलीम्

Transliteration

agniṃ pibāmo jalavaccūrṇīkurmokhilāngirīn | saptāpi cārṇavāṃstūrṇaṃ karavāma marusthalīm

Translation

“ကျွန်ုပ်တို့သည် ရေကဲ့သို့ မီးကိုပင် သောက်နိုင်သည်; တောင်တန်းအားလုံးကို ဖုန်မှုန့်အဖြစ် ကြိတ်ချေနိုင်သည်; ထို့ပြင် သမုဒ္ဒရာ ခုနစ်စင်းကိုလည်း ချက်ချင်း မရုသ္ထလီအဖြစ် ပြောင်းလဲနိုင်သည်။”

Word by Word

• अग्निम्: fire
• अग्निम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पिबामः: we drink
• पिबामः: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन (present indicative, 1st pl)

• जलवत्: like water
• जलवत्: Upamana (Simile)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: उपमानार्थे अव्ययवत् (adverbial ‘like water’)

• चूर्णीकुर्मः: we pulverize
• चूर्णीकुर्मः: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चूर्णी + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; नामधातु/संयुक्तक्रिया ‘चूर्णी-कृ’ = चूर्णं करोति

• अखिलान्: all
• अखिलान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• गिरीन्: mountains
• गिरीन्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; विशेषणम् (अर्णवान्)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• अर्णवान्: oceans
• अर्णवान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Desha-Kala (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• करवाम: let us make
• करवाम: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/प्रार्थनार्थ), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; वैदिक/पुराणप्रयोगे ‘करवाम’ = ‘करवामः’

• मरुस्थलीम्: a desert land
• मरुस्थलीम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुस्थली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: मरु-स्थली (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष: ‘मरु’ = निर्जल, ‘स्थली’ = भूमि)

Speaker

Gaṇas/Pramathas (quoted speech within Skanda’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Śaṃbhu-dhāma)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience (not explicit in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pramathas proclaim impossible feats: drinking fire, pulverizing mountains, drying seven oceans; the scene can show symbolic vignettes around them—one gaṇa cupping flames like water, another crushing a mountain, oceans receding into cracked earth—while Śiva’s abode anchors the center.

Characters & Entities

• Seven Oceans (sapta arṇavāḥ)
• Gaṇas/Pramathas (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Raw power without reverence becomes pride; the Purāṇic narrative uses hyperbole to expose delusion before the Supreme.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding Kāśīkhaṇḍa context glorifies Kāśī, though this verse itself focuses on the gaṇas’ boasts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.