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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

हा हंतहंतभवता भव तापहारी कस्माद्विधेऽत्र विदधे बहुभिः प्रयत्नैः । बालो विशालगुणसिंधुमगाधमध्यं सद्रत्नसारमखिलं सविधं विधाय

Transliteration

hā haṃtahaṃtabhavatā bhava tāpahārī kasmādvidhe'tra vidadhe bahubhiḥ prayatnaiḥ | bālo viśālaguṇasiṃdhumagādhamadhyaṃ sadratnasāramakhilaṃ savidhaṃ vidhāya

Translation

อนิจจา! อนิจจา! โอ้ วิธาตา ผู้ขจัดความเร่าร้อนแห่งโลก เหตุใดพระองค์จึงสร้างเขาที่นี่ด้วยความเพียรมากมาย—เด็กน้อยผู้เป็นมหาสมุทรแห่งคุณธรรมอันไพศาล ลึกเกินหยั่ง เป็นแก่นสารแห่งรัตนะทั้งปวง และสมบูรณ์พร้อมทุกประการ?

Word by Word
हाalas
हा:
Bhava (Exclamation/उद्गार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहा (अव्यय)
Formविस्मय/शोकसूचक-अव्यय — interjection
हन्तah!
हन्त:
Bhava (Exclamation/उद्गार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहन्त (अव्यय)
Formखेद/विस्मयार्थक-अव्यय — interjection
हन्तah!
हन्त:
Bhava (Exclamation/उद्गार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहन्त (अव्यय)
Formपुनरुक्त-उद्गार — interjection (repeated)
भवताby you
भवता:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभवत्-शब्द, तृतीया (3), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (honorific ‘by you’)
भवO Lord (Bhava/Śiva)
भव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootभव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Vocative singular
तापहारीO remover of suffering
तापहारी:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootतापहारी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Vocative singular; समास: ताप + हारी (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)
कस्मात्from what cause? why?
कस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन — Ablative singular
विधेO Ordainer (Vidhātr/Brahmā)
विधे:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Vocative singular
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशार्थक-अव्यय — locative adverb
विदधेhas arranged / has done
विदधे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd singular (vidadhe)
बहुभिःwith many
बहुभिः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुं, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (as adjective to ‘प्रयत्नैः’)
प्रयत्नैःefforts
प्रयत्नैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural
बालःthe child
बालः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular
विशालगुणसिन्धुम्an ocean of vast virtues
विशालगुणसिन्धुम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविशाल + गुण + सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समास: विशाल(विशेषण) + गुण(षष्ठी) + सिन्धु (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष)
अगाधमध्यम्whose middle is unfathomable
अगाधमध्यम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअगाध + मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समास: अगाधं मध्यम् यस्य (कर्मधारय)
सद्रत्नसारम्having the essence of noble jewels
सद्रत्नसारम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत् + रत्न + सार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समास: सत्(उत्तम) + रत्न (कर्मधारय) + सार (तत्पुरुष)
अखिलम्entire, wholly
अखिलम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular (agreeing with ‘बालम्’ understood)
सविधम्well-formed / properly made
सविधम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समास: स(सहित) + विध (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)
विधायhaving made
विधाय:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — Absolutive/gerund ‘having made/arranged’
Speaker

A grieving parent addressing the Creator (Vidhātṛ/Brahmā conceptually)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mother/queen or courtly figure laments, describing the child as an ocean of virtues and jewel-essence; the imagery shows a radiant child contrasted with the dimming world of mourning.

Characters & Entities
V
Vidhātṛ

FAQs

It voices the human question of suffering—why the virtuous perish—preparing the narrative for Purāṇic answers rooted in karma, grace, and sacred refuge.

Not explicit; the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s continuing canvas is Kāśī as the place where suffering is ultimately transcended through Śiva’s grace.

None; it is a philosophical lament within the story.

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