Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
Devanagari script
योभूच्चटचटाशब्दः स्फुटतो भूमिभागतः । तच्छब्दाद्व्यसृजद्वेधाः समाधिं क्रमतो वशी
Transliteration
yobhūccaṭacaṭāśabdaḥ sphuṭato bhūmibhāgataḥ | tacchabdādvyasṛjadvedhāḥ samādhiṃ kramato vaśī
Translation
अथ भूमिभागात् स्फुटः “चटचट” इति शब्दोऽभवत्। तच्छब्दश्रवणात् वशी वेधाः क्रमशः समाधेः स्वयम् उदतिष्ठत्॥
Word by Word
yaḥwho/which
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
abhūtarose/occurred
abhūt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
caṭacaṭāśabdaḥthe ‘caṭacaṭā’ sound (clattering sound)
caṭacaṭāśabdaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcaṭacaṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + śabda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (caṭacaṭāyāḥ śabdaḥ)
sphuṭataḥdistinctly/clearly
sphuṭataḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsphuṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
bhūmibhāgataḥcoming from a portion of the ground
bhūmibhāgataḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhūmi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः (bhūmibhāgāt gataḥ = ‘gone/coming from a part of the ground’)
tatthat
tat:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक (demonstrative)
śabdātfrom the sound
śabdāt:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootśabda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
vyasṛjathe emitted/produced
vyasṛjat:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः वि-
vedhāḥthe Creator (Brahmā)
vedhāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvedhas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
samādhimmeditative absorption (samādhi)
samādhim:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsamādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
kramataḥgradually/in sequence
kramataḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkrama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
vaśīself-controlled/masterful
vaśī:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaśin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; गुणवाचक-विशेषण
Speaker
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Characters & Entities
B
Brahmā (Vedhāḥ)FAQs
Inner awakening can begin from nāda (subtle sound), drawing the mind out of absorption into conscious insight.
The broader context is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where sound (nāda) and liberation-teachings are celebrated.
None explicitly; the verse describes a meditative-cosmic event (samādhi and nāda) rather than a concrete rite.