Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

शस्त्रास्त्राणि महादैत्यैर्यान्युत्सृष्टानि संगरे । ताभिः शक्तिभिरुग्राणि तृणीकृत्योज्झितान्यरम्

Transliteration

śastrāstrāṇi mahādaityairyānyutsṛṣṭāni saṃgare | tābhiḥ śaktibhirugrāṇi tṛṇīkṛtyojjhitānyaram

Translation

ਸੰਗਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਹਾਦੈਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਜੋ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਸ਼ਸਤ੍ਰ-ਅਸਤ੍ਰ ਸੁੱਟੇ, ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਉਗ੍ਰ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਤਿੰਨਿਆਂ ਵਾਂਗ ਤ੍ਰਿਣ ਸਮਾਨ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਹੀ ਦੂਰ ਸੁੱਟ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

Word by Word

• śastra-astrāṇi: weapons and missiles
• śastra-astrāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śastra (प्रातिपदिक) + astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; समासः = द्वन्द्व (weapons and missiles)

• mahā-daityaiḥ: by the great demons
• mahā-daityaiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्-पूर्वपद) + daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः = कर्मधारय: महान्तः दैत्याः (great demons)

• yāni: which
• yāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• utsṛṣṭāni: released, hurled
• utsṛṣṭāni: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud + √sṛj (सृज्) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि (thrown/released)

• saṃgare: in battle
• saṃgare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative singular)

• tābhiḥ: by those
• tābhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (instrumental plural)

• śaktibhiḥ: by the powers
• śaktibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करणपद (instrumental plural)

• ugrāṇi: fierce
• ugrāṇi: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ugra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (fierce/terrible)

• tṛṇīkṛtya: having reduced to straw
• tṛṇīkṛtya: Purvakala-kriya (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tṛṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + √kṛ (कृ) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: कृदन्त अव्यय (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त अव्यय): तृणीकृत्य = having made (them) like grass; पूर्वक्रिया (absolutive/gerund)

• ujjhitāni: cast away, discarded
• ujjhitāni: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud + √hā (हा) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि (cast away/abandoned)

• aram: quickly/at once
• aram: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aram (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; शीघ्रार्थे/पर्याप्त्यर्थे (quickly/at once)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Demons hurl blazing astras; the Śaktis meet them midair, and the weapons wither into straw-like fragments, falling harmlessly as the Śaktis sweep them away in a single motion.

Characters & Entities

• Mahā-daityas (great demons)
• Śaktis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divine protection is present, even the most terrifying instruments of harm become powerless.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī Khaṇḍa provides the sacred frame, but the verse itself is not tīrtha-descriptive.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.