Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

एतस्य गल्लावुत्फुल्लौ क्षुरेणाशुवि पाटय । पाशेन कंठं बद्धास्य समुल्लंबय भूरुहे

Transliteration

etasya gallāvutphullau kṣureṇāśuvi pāṭaya | pāśena kaṃṭhaṃ baddhāsya samullaṃbaya bhūruhe

Translation

จงใช้มีดโกนกรีดแก้มที่บวมเป่งของมันให้แยกออกในทันที ใช้บ่วงรัดคอของมัน แล้วแขวนมันไว้บนต้นไม้

Word by Word

• etasya: of this one / his
• etasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• gallau: two cheeks
• gallau: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: galla (गल्ल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• utphullau: swollen
• utphullau: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: utphulla (उत्फुल्ल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with gallau)

• kṣureṇa: with a razor
• kṣureṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣura (क्षुर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (आशु)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• api: also / even
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अपि)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• pāṭaya: cut / slit
• pāṭaya: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭ/√pāṭ (पट्/पाट्) (णिच् causative: पाटय)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः

• pāśena: with a noose
• pāśena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśa (पाश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• kaṃṭham: neck
• kaṃṭham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṃṭha (कण्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• baddha: having bound
• baddha: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Participial qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bandh (बन्ध्)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘bound’ (agreeing with implied agent/you or with asya? used predicatively)

• asya: his
• asya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• samullaṃbaya: hang up / suspend
• samullaṃbaya: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √lamb (लम्ब्) (सम्+उद्/उल्? here सम्+उल्लम्ब्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• bhūruhe: on a tree
• bhūruhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūruha (भूरुह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A condemned man’s cheeks are cut with a razor; a noose is tightened around his neck; he is hoisted and hung from a tree—an austere, terrifying scene meant as warning.

Characters & Entities

• Pāśa (noose)
• Kṣura (razor)
• Tree (bhūruha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harmful actions return as harm; the text dramatizes karmic inevitability to steer the listener toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī), but it does not name a particular tīrtha in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the implied corrective is repentance (prāyaścitta) and ethical restraint.