Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तस्यवै महसां राशेस्तपोराशेस्तपोर्चिषाम् । चकंपे साध्वसात्तीव्रा त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्

Transliteration

tasyavai mahasāṃ rāśestaporāśestaporciṣām | cakaṃpe sādhvasāttīvrā trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

Translation

ਉਸ ਮਹਿਮਾ ਦੇ ਢੇਰ—ਤਪੱਸਿਆ ਦੇ ਢੇਰ ਅਤੇ ਤਪ ਦੀ ਅੱਗੀਲੀ ਜੋਤ—ਤੋਂ ਤਿੰਨਾਂ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦਾ ਸਾਰਾ ਜਗਤ, ਚਲਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਤੇ ਅਚਲ, ਭਿਆਨਕ ਡਰ ਨਾਲ ਕੰਬ ਉਠਿਆ।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (Sun)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/खलु-अर्थे)

• महसाम्: of splendors; of radiances
• महसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• राशेः: of the heap/mass
• राशेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तपोराशेः: of the mass of austerity
• तपोराशेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: तपसः राशिः

• तपोर्चिषाम्: of the flames of austerity
• तपोर्चिषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: तपसः अर्चिषः

• चकम्पे: trembled; shook
• चकम्पे: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम्प् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• साध्वसात्: from fear; due to terror
• साध्वसात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ (कारणार्थे)

• तीव्रात्: intense
• तीव्रात्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of साध्वसात्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; साध्वसात् इति विशेषण

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सचराचरम्: with the moving and the unmoving (all beings)
• सचराचरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of त्रैलोक्यम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व: चर + अचर; 'स' = सह (सहित)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (frame) / ‘muni’ addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A towering heap of fiery radiance born of tapas; the cosmos—moving and unmoving—quivers as if the very ground and heavens shudder.

Characters & Entities

• Trailokya
• Sūrya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas is a real power in Purāṇic thought—capable of shaking worlds—hence it must align with dharma and divine will.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse supports the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative by portraying cosmic stakes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; tapas is described as an accumulated force.