Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

शास्ति स्नेहार्द्रहृदया क्रोधनस्ते पितेत्यलम् । यदि ज्ञास्यति ते वृत्तं त्वां च मां ताडयिष्यति

Transliteration

śāsti snehārdrahṛdayā krodhanaste pitetyalam | yadi jñāsyati te vṛttaṃ tvāṃ ca māṃ tāḍayiṣyati

Translation

ด้วยหัวใจอ่อนลงเพราะความรัก นางตักเตือนว่า “พอเถิด—บิดาของเจ้ามักโกรธง่าย หากท่านรู้ความประพฤติของเจ้า ท่านจะตีทั้งเจ้าและเรา”

Word by Word

• शास्ति: scolds/teaches
• शास्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शास् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• स्नेहार्द्रहृदया: (she) whose heart is softened by affection
• स्नेहार्द्रहृदया: Karta (कर्ता) (जननी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (स्नेहेन आर्द्रं हृदयं यस्याः सा)

• क्रोधनः: hot-tempered
• क्रोधनः: Visheshana (पिता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; (पिता इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (कर्ता) (ज्ञास्यति/ताडयिष्यति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana (इत्यर्थ-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (उद्धरण/निश्चयार्थक)

• अलम्: enough; stop
• अलम्: Pratishedha/Upashamana (निवारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पर्याप्त्यर्थक/निवारणार्थक (enough/stop)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Hetu/Condition (शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (conditional)

• ज्ञास्यति: will know
• ज्ञास्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वृत्तम्: conduct/affair
• वृत्तम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक; √वृत् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ताडयिष्यति: will beat
• ताडयिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ताड् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) narrating to Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mother with tearful, affectionate eyes admonishes her son in private, warning of the father’s quick temper and impending beating if the son’s behavior is discovered; intimate interior with palpable tension.

Characters & Entities

• mother
• father

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fear of punishment is a weak restraint; true dharma is inner rectitude, not secrecy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the text’s sacred setting, but the verse is ethical counsel rather than tīrtha-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concerns behavioral discipline (sadācāra) within family life.