Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
जाता गुह्यचरा यस्य गुह्यकाः परितो नृषु । संसेविष्यामहे राजन्नसुरास्त्वां स्ववैभवैः
Transliteration
jātā guhyacarā yasya guhyakāḥ parito nṛṣu | saṃseviṣyāmahe rājannasurāstvāṃ svavaibhavaiḥ
Translation
यस्य नृषु गुह्यचरा इव गुह्यकाः परितो विचरन्ति। राजन्, वयमपि असुराः स्ववैभवैः स्वशक्तिभिश्च त्वां संसेविष्यामहे॥
Word by Word
jātāḥborn, arisen
jātāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjāta (कृदन्त; √jan (धातु))
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘जात’ = born/produced
guhya-carāḥsecret-moving ones; spies
guhya-carāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootguhya (प्रातिपदिक) + cara (कृदन्त; √car (धातु))
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गुह्ये चरन्ति)
yasyawhose
yasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
guhyakāḥGuhyakas (attendant beings)
guhyakāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootguhyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
paritaḥaround, on all sides
paritaḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootparitas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्गार्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb/preposition)
nṛṣuamong men
nṛṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन
saṃseviṣyāmahewe shall serve/attend
saṃseviṣyāmahe:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-√sev (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्
rājanO king
rājan:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
asurāḥAsuras
asurāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
tvāmyou
tvām:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
sva-vaibhavaiḥwith (their) own splendors/powers
sva-vaibhavaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + vaibhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य वैभवम्)
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A king seated in a luminous court; around him, disguised guhyakas move among humans like shadowy guardians, while proud asuras offer service with their own magical resources.
Characters & Entities
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GuhyakāḥA
AsurāḥR
Rājan (King)FAQs
In a dharmic domain, even unseen beings and former adversaries align themselves to protect and support rightful order.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa ambience of protected sacred space is implied; no named tīrtha appears in this verse.
None.