Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

ततस्तां तु विनिर्यांतीमनुजग्मुर्महासुराः । कोटिकोटिसहस्राणि पूरयित्वा तु रोदसी

Transliteration

tatastāṃ tu viniryāṃtīmanujagmurmahāsurāḥ | koṭikoṭisahasrāṇi pūrayitvā tu rodasī

Translation

ततः सा विनिर्यन्ती यदा निर्गता, तदा महान्तोऽसुरा अन्वयुः; कोटिकोटिसहस्राणि संख्यया रोदसी उभे पूरयन्तः।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ताम् (her)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle) — emphasis/contrast

• विनिर्यान्तीम्: going out; departing
• विनिर्यान्तीम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निर्-या (धातु) → विनिर्यन्ती (वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्राय) — ‘going out’ (departing)

• अनुजग्मुः: they followed
• अनुजग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘they followed’

• महासुराः: great demons
• महासुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — ‘great asuras/demons’

• कोटि-कोटि-सहस्राणि: countless multitudes (crores upon crores)
• कोटि-कोटि-सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि + कोटि + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — ‘thousands of crores upon crores’ (numerical aggregate)

• पूरयित्वा: having filled
• पूरयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्/पॄ (धातु) → पूरयितुम् (णिच्) → पूरयित्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययभाव (क्त्वान्त) — ‘having filled’ (after filling)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• रोदसी: heaven and earth (the two realms)
• रोदसी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (द्विवचनान्त-रूप), द्वितीया/प्रथमा, द्विवचन — ‘the two worlds: heaven and earth’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda narrating to Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast, dark tide of asuras pours after a departing figure, their ranks stretching to the horizon, eclipsing sky and earth; banners, dust-clouds, and a sense of worlds being ‘filled’.

Characters & Entities

• Kālarātri (implied)
• Mahāsuras
• Rodasī (heaven and earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma can appear overwhelming in scale, but quantity does not equal sovereignty; the sacred order ultimately prevails.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, whose larger intent is the glorification of Kāśī-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description of the asuric host.