Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

प्रवेश्य कंठतालुस्थं तं विज्ञाय द्विजस्फुटम् । भयादुदगिरत्तूर्णं मातृवाक्येन यंत्रितः

Transliteration

praveśya kaṃṭhatālusthaṃ taṃ vijñāya dvijasphuṭam | bhayādudagirattūrṇaṃ mātṛvākyena yaṃtritaḥ

Translation

เมื่อรู้ชัดว่าพราหมณ์ติดอยู่ที่เพดานลำคอ เขาผู้ถูกผูกมัดด้วยคำสอนของมารดา จึงรีบคายพราหมณ์ออกมาด้วยความหวาดกลัว

Word by Word

• प्रवेश्य: having made enter/after inserting
• प्रवेश्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र√विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), धातु: विश्, उपसर्ग: प्र-

• कण्ठ: throat
• कण्ठ: Sambandha (Part of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद

• तालु: palate
• तालु: Sambandha (Part of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तालु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासमध्यपद

• स्थम्: situated in the throat-palate
• स्थम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: कण्ठ-तालु-स्थ (situated in throat and palate); 'तम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

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

• विज्ञाय: having recognized
• विज्ञाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि√ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), धातु: ज्ञा, उपसर्ग: वि-

• द्विज: Brahmin
• द्विज: Sambandha (Part of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद

• स्फुटम्: clearly (as) the Brahmin
• स्फुटम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: द्विज-स्फुट (the clearly (known) Brahmin / the Brahmin clearly) — 'तम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• उदगिरत्: vomited/uttered out
• उदगिरत्: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्√गॄ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: quickly)

• मातृ: by (his) mother’s
• मातृ: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• वाक्येन: by the mother’s command
• वाक्येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मातृ-वाक्य (mother’s word)

• यन्त्रितः: restrained/controlled
• यन्त्रितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यन्त्रित (कृदन्त, √यम्/यन्त्र्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'तार्क्ष्यः' (implicit) इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa recoils, eyes wide; from his beak the brāhmaṇa is expelled, falling onto the shore; a subtle, unseen presence of ‘mother’s command’ suggested as a luminous script or aura behind Garuḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Vinatā (mother)
• Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through restraint and obedience to righteous guidance; reverence toward brāhmaṇas prevents grave wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting frames the teaching; this verse itself is narrative and ethical rather than topographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the implied prescription is ethical—do not harm the dvija; heed dharmic counsel.