Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

पिपासिताद्य रुधिरं तेपि पास्याम्यहं धुव । यथास्य बालस्य तथा चर्वित्वास्थीनि वादिनी

Transliteration

pipāsitādya rudhiraṃ tepi pāsyāmyahaṃ dhuva | yathāsya bālasya tathā carvitvāsthīni vādinī

Translation

'วันนี้ข้ากระหาย ข้าจะดื่มเลือดของเจ้าด้วยอย่างแน่นอน เช่นเดียวกับเด็กคนนี้ ข้าจะเคี้ยวกระดูกของเจ้าเช่นกัน!' — นางกล่าวเช่นนั้น

Word by Word

• पिपासिता: thirsty
• पिपासिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिपासित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘वादिनी/यक्षिणी’ (तृष्णार्ता)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal adverb/कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• रुधिरम्: blood
• रुधिरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: him (enclitic pronoun)
• ते: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (एनक्लिटिक रूप ‘ते’ = ‘त्वाम्/तं’ इत्यर्थे सन्दर्भानुसार); अत्र ‘तं’ (him) इत्यर्थः

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• पास्यामि: I will drink
• पास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ध्रुव: surely, certainly
• ध्रुव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्राय/निपातवत् प्रयोगः; अत्र ‘निश्चयेन’ इत्यर्थे अव्ययवत्

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/यथा-तथा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/in the manner)

• अस्य: of this (boy)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बालस्य: of the child
• बालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Correlative/यथा-तथा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यथा-तथा सहसंबन्धि (correlative adverb)

• चर्वित्वा: having chewed
• चर्वित्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चर्व् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive) — having chewed

• अस्थीनि: bones
• अस्थीनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वादिनी: the speaking one (she said)
• वादिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (speaker)

Speaker

Yakṣiṇī (within Skanda’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The yakṣiṇī speaks with cruel certainty, pointing or leaning forward as if to pounce; the threatened person stands at the edge of terror, poised between panic and surrender to the sacred refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣiṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Threats and intimidation represent the collapse of courage; the implied dharmic response is refuge in the divine and steadfastness of mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where narratives of fear heighten the glory of divine protection associated with the sacred city.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is present; it is direct speech within the narrative.