Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

ये ये निनिंदुर्देवेशं ये ये च शुश्रुवुस्तदा । तेषां जिह्वाश्रुतीः कोपादच्छिनच्चाकरोद्द्विधा

Transliteration

ye ye niniṃdurdeveśaṃ ye ye ca śuśruvustadā | teṣāṃ jihvāśrutīḥ kopādacchinaccākaroddvidhā

Translation

ଯେଉଁମାନେ ଦେବାଧିଦେବଙ୍କର ନିନ୍ଦା କରିଥିଲେ ଏବଂ ଯେଉଁମାନେ ତାହା ଶୁଣିଥିଲେ, କ୍ରୋଧରେ ସେ ସେମାନଙ୍କର ଜିଭ ଓ କାନ କାଟି ଦୁଇ ଖଣ୍ଡ କରିଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन

• ये: whoever
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• निनिन्दुः: reviled
• निनिन्दुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निन्द् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवेशम्: the Lord of the gods
• देवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; समासः—देवानाम् ईशः (lord of gods)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• ये: whoever
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति

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

• शुश्रुवुः: heard
• शुश्रुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• जिह्वाश्रुतीः: tongues and ears
• जिह्वाश्रुतीः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; समासः—जिह्वाः च श्रुतयः च (tongues and ears)

• कोपात्: out of anger
• कोपात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• अच्छिनत्: cut off
• अच्छिनत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• अकरोत्: made/did
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्विधा: into two
• द्विधा: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्विधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: in two parts)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (didactic frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / internal audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gaṇa, wrathful yet judicial, points toward blasphemers; tongues and ears are symbolically shown as split (suggested via torn speech-scrolls, broken ear-ornaments), while the crowd recoils; Śiva’s unseen authority dominates the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Deveśa (Śiva)
• yajña-assembly participants (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Not only speaking blasphemy but also tolerating or endorsing it is treated as participation in the offense.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī’s Śaiva dharma: reverence for Viśveśvara is non-negotiable within the sacred city’s ethos.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical injunction conveyed through narrative consequence.