Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
Devanagari script
वैरं परित्यज्य लुठेदुत्प्लुत्योत्प्लुत्य लीलया । आलोक्य मूषकं सर्पश्चरंतं वदनाग्रतः
Transliteration
vairaṃ parityajya luṭhedutplutyotplutya līlayā | ālokya mūṣakaṃ sarpaścaraṃtaṃ vadanāgrataḥ
Translation
सर्पः वैरं परित्यज्य लीलया उत्प्लुत्योत्प्लुत्य लुठति, वदनाग्रतः चरन्तं मूषकं आलोक्यापि।
Word by Word
vairamenmity
vairam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootvaira (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
parityajyahaving renounced
parityajya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpari-√tyaj (धातु) → parityajya (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having abandoned completely)
luṭhetwould roll about
luṭhet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√luṭh (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
utplutyahaving leapt
utplutya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootud-√plu (धातु) → utplutya (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having jumped up)
utplutyahaving leapt (again)
utplutya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootud-√plu (धातु) → utplutya (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-पूर्वक्रिया (having leapt again)
līlayāplayfully/with sport
līlayā:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument; manner)
TypeNoun
Rootlīlā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
ālokyahaving seen
ālokya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootā-√lok (धातु) → ālokya (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having looked at)
mūṣakama mouse
mūṣakam:
Karma (कर्म/Object; of ālokya)
TypeNoun
Rootmūṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
sarpaḥa snake
sarpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsarpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
carantammoving/walking
carantam:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Root√car (धातु) → carant (शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमान कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (मूषकम्)
vadanāgrataḥin front of the mouth/face
vadanāgrataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvadana (प्रातिपदिक) + agrataḥ (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निष्पन्न)
Formअव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त/ablatival adverb): वदन-अग्रतः = मुखस्य अग्रे/समक्षम्
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A serpent, coiled then rolling and springing in playful arcs, watches a mouse calmly walk right before its mouth; the setting is a serene Kāśī grove with a subtle sacred radiance.
Characters & Entities
K
KāśīS
Sarpa (serpent)M
Mūṣaka (mouse)FAQs
Kāśī is celebrated as a realm where vairāgya from hostility becomes natural—an emblem of spiritual liberation from hatred.
Kāśī-kṣetra generally, as an all-transforming sacred environment.
None.