Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

हाहेत्याताड्य हृदयं चक्रंद बहुशो भृशम् । इतस्ततस्तमालोक्य गतस्तदनुसारतः

Transliteration

hāhetyātāḍya hṛdayaṃ cakraṃda bahuśo bhṛśam | itastatastamālokya gatastadanusārataḥ

Translation

“హా హా!” అని విలపిస్తూ తన హృదయాన్ని కొట్టి, తీవ్రమైన దుఃఖంతో మళ్లీ మళ్లీ ఏడ్చెను. ఇటు అటు చూచి అతని వెంబడి బయలుదేరెను.

Word by Word

• हा: alas!
• हा: Sambandha (Exclamation/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मय/शोक-उद्गार

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक

• आताड्य: having struck/beaten
• आताड्य: Kriya (Adverbial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ताड् (धातु) + य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• हृदयम्: heart, chest
• हृदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चक्रन्द: cried, lamented
• चक्रन्द: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रन्द् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बहुशः: many times
• बहुशः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भृशम्: excessively, greatly
• भृशम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• इतस्: from here
• इतस्: Sambandha (Adverbial/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (from here)

• ततः: from there
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (from there)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आलोक्य: having looked for/seen
• आलोक्य: Kriya (Adverbial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-लोक् (धातु) + य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• गतः: went, proceeded
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle; गत), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्: of him/that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive in compound/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• अनुसारतः: following him; accordingly
• अनुसारतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुसार (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय; प्रकार/अनुगमनार्थक (according to, following)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhanañjaya cries ‘Hā hā!’, beats his chest repeatedly, scans in all directions, and runs after the fleeing porter through the city.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanañjaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to wealth yields intense sorrow; Purāṇic storytelling highlights the need for steadiness and dharmic discernment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode unfolds within the Kāśī narrative frame; no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it depicts lamentation and pursuit.