Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

अद्यैतान्विवशान्हत्वा सह देवैः सवासवैः । भार्गवं मोचयिष्यामि जीवं योगीव कर्मतः

Transliteration

adyaitānvivaśānhatvā saha devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ | bhārgavaṃ mocayiṣyāmi jīvaṃ yogīva karmataḥ

Translation

ఈ రోజు నేను ఈ నిర్వశులను—ఇంద్రసహిత దేవులతో కూడ—వధించి, యోగి వలె నా కర్మశక్తితో భార్గవుని జీవంతోనే విముక్తి చేస్తాను।

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: today)

• एतान्: these (persons)
• एतान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• विवशान्: helpless, powerless
• विवशान्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विवश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying एतान्)

• हत्वा: having slain
• हत्वा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (indeclinable of accompaniment)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सवासवैः: together with the Vasus/Indras (Vāsavas)
• सवासवैः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (सवासवैः = वासवैः सह); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भार्गवम्: Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गवम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मोचयिष्यामि: I will release
• मोचयिष्यामि: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• जीवम्: alive
• जीवम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying भार्गवम्)

• योगी: a yogin
• योगी: Upamāna (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; उपमान (standard of comparison)

• इव: like
• इव: Upamā (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• कर्मतः: by (the force of) action; as per karma
• कर्मतः: Hetu/Prakāra (Cause/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Andhaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce speaker proclaims a vow to slay even the Devas with Indra, and to ‘free Bhārgava alive’ by an extraordinary deed likened to a yogin’s feat; the atmosphere is charged with hubris and impending battle.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Devas
• Indra (Vāsava)
• Bhārgava (Śukra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boastful power that disregards righteousness imitates yoga only in words; true yogic mastery aligns with dharma, not violence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly mentioned here; the larger Kāśī-khaṇḍa upholds Kāśī as the sphere where divine protection prevails.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.