Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

तासां स्खलितमालोक्य तिष्ठंतीनां पुरो मुनिः । कृष्णलीलाद्रवीभूतवरांगानां जगौ हरिम्

Transliteration

tāsāṃ skhalitamālokya tiṣṭhaṃtīnāṃ puro muniḥ | kṛṣṇalīlādravībhūtavarāṃgānāṃ jagau harim

Translation

Vendo as mulheres vacilarem, de pé diante dele, o sábio, perante elas, falou a Hari (Kṛṣṇa), cujo lila brincalhão lhes agitara o coração e amolecera os membros.

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्खलितम्: the slipping/faltering
• स्खलितम्: कर्म (Object of ālokya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्खलित (कृदन्त; √स्खल् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — ‘slipping/faltering (act)’

• आलोक्य: having seen
• आलोक्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-√लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) — ‘having seen/observed’

• तिष्ठन्तीनाम्: of those standing
• तिष्ठन्तीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिष्ठन्ती (कृदन्त; √स्था (धातु) शतृ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); वर्तमानकृदन्त — ‘of (those) standing’

• पुरः: in front
• पुरः: देशाधिकरण (locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place) — ‘in front’

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृष्णलीलाद्रवीभूतवराङ्गानाम्: whose fair limbs had melted/softened due to Kṛṣṇa’s play
• कृष्णलीलाद्रवीभूतवराङ्गानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण-लीला-द्रवी-भूत-वर-अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘कृष्णस्य लीलया द्रवीभूतानि वराङ्गानि यसाम्’ (genitive relation to ‘तासाम्/तिष्ठन्तीनाम्’)

• जगौ: sang/praised
• जगौ: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गै (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• हरिम्: Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• हरिम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda to Agastya), with Nārada addressing Kṛṣṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage stands before the women; they falter, bodies softened by Krishna’s playful influence; the sage turns to address Hari, pointing out the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Kṛṣṇa (Hari)
• Gopikāḥ (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays the powerful pull of divine līlā and the sage’s role in guiding emotional devotion toward dharmic clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s broader sacred-cosmos setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.