Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
अस्थिचर्मावशेषं च शिराजालितविग्रहम् । शिरालं दीर्घजंघं च स्थूलगुल्फास्थिभीषणम्
Transliteration
asthicarmāvaśeṣaṃ ca śirājālitavigraham | śirālaṃ dīrghajaṃghaṃ ca sthūlagulphāsthibhīṣaṇam
Translation
သူသည် အရိုးနှင့်အရေသာ ကျန်တော့သည်၊ သူ၏ခန္ဓာကိုယ်သည် ဖောင်းကြွနေသော အကြောများဖြင့် ယှက်နွယ်နေသည်။ ခြေသလုံးရှည်များနှင့် ခြေမျက်စိရိုးကြီးများဖြင့် သူသည် ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်ကောင်းလှသည်။
Word by Word
अस्थि-चर्म-अवशेषम्having only bones and skin remaining
अस्थि-चर्म-अवशेषम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअस्थि (प्रातिपदिक) + चर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अवशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अस्थि-चर्मयोः अवशेषः)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
शिरा-जालित-विग्रहम्whose body is netted/covered with veins
शिरा-जालित-विग्रहम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिरा (प्रातिपदिक) + जालित (कृदन्त; √जाल्/जाल-भावे, भूतकृदन्त) + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शिराभिः जालितः विग्रहः)
शिरालम्veiny, full of veins
शिरालम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिराल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन
दीर्घ-जङ्घम्long-shanked, long-legged
दीर्घ-जङ्घम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootदीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + जङ्घा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (दीर्घा जङ्घा यस्य)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
स्थूल-गुल्फ-अस्थि-भीषणम्terrifying with thick ankle-bones
स्थूल-गुल्फ-अस्थि-भीषणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थूल (प्रातिपदिक) + गुल्फ (प्रातिपदिक) + अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक) + भीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (स्थूलगुल्फस्य अस्थिभिः भीषणम्)
Speaker
Skanda (contextual narration to Agastya in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Characters & Entities
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pretaFAQs
The verse uses stark imagery to cultivate vairāgya (detachment) and readiness for dharmic counsel.
Kāśī-kṣetra is the overarching holy geography of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
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