Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

कुंजरा इव सिंहेभ्यो गरुडेभ्य इवोरगाः । अस्मत्तो बिभ्यति सुरा गुरो युष्मदनुग्रहात्

Transliteration

kuṃjarā iva siṃhebhyo garuḍebhya ivoragāḥ | asmatto bibhyati surā guro yuṣmadanugrahāt

Translation

ดุจช้างครั่นคร้ามสิงห์ และนาคครั่นคร้ามครุฑ ฉันใด เหล่าเทวะก็ครั่นคร้ามเรา ฉันนั้น โอ้คุรุ ด้วยพระกรุณาของท่าน

Word by Word

• कुञ्जराः: elephants
• कुञ्जराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• सिंहेभ्यः: from lions
• सिंहेभ्यः: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), बहुवचन

• गरुडेभ्यः: from Garuḍas
• गरुडेभ्यः: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), बहुवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• उरगाः: serpents
• उरगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अस्मत्तः: from us
• अस्मत्तः: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन/अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; ‘from us’

• बिभ्यति: fear
• बिभ्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• गुरो: O teacher
• गुरो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन

• युष्मदनुग्रहात्: because of your favor/grace
• युष्मदनुग्रहात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (युष्माकम् अनुग्रहः)

Speaker

Andhaka (deduced: continuation of speech to Śukra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: elephants shrinking before lions; serpents recoiling from Garuḍa overhead; Andhaka points as if proving his claim while devas appear wary—visualizing the similes as layered vignettes around the main scene.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Śukra
• Garuḍa
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace of a teacher can empower, but dharma requires that power be guided by humility and right intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, oriented to Kāśī’s sacred narrative landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a boast attributing strength to the guru’s favor.