Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

आहारं रुधिरोन्मिश्रं ते लभंते कदाचन । एवं त्र्ययुतसंख्याकं कालं तत्रातिदुःखिताः

Transliteration

āhāraṃ rudhironmiśraṃ te labhaṃte kadācana | evaṃ tryayutasaṃkhyākaṃ kālaṃ tatrātiduḥkhitāḥ

Translation

บางคราวพวกเขาได้อาหารที่ปนเลือด และด้วยประการฉะนี้ ตลอดกาลอันนับเป็นสามอายุทะ พวกเขาอยู่ที่นั่นด้วยความทุกข์แสนสาหัส

Word by Word

• आहारम्: food
• आहारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; accusative singular

• रुधिर-उन्मिश्रम्: mixed with blood
• रुधिर-उन्मिश्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक) + उन्मिश्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः; पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (आहारम्) ‘mixed with blood’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्; pronoun (subject)

• लभन्ते: obtain, get
• लभन्ते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; present ‘obtain’

• कदाचन: at some time; ever/occasionally
• कदाचन: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचकं (adverb)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; manner-adverb

• त्रि-अयुत-संख्याकम्: amounting to three ayutas (thirty thousand)
• त्रि-अयुत-संख्याकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक) + संख्याक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समासः (त्र्ययुतसंख्याकः = 30000-संख्यकः); नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (कालम्)

• कालम्: time/period
• कालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; accusative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; स्थानवाचकं (locative adverb)

• अति-दुःखिताः: extremely miserable
• अति-दुःखिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुःखित (कृदन्त; √खिद् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्; ‘greatly distressed’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied as the salvific alternative to prolonged misery)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bleak enclosure where emaciated beings receive occasional lumps of food streaked with blood; the scene is framed by a vast clock-like cosmic backdrop to suggest ‘three ayutas’ of time passing in misery.

Characters & Entities

• yātanā (implied)
• Bhairava (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma results in prolonged, degrading suffering; the text urges repentance and dharmic conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī/Avimukta is the implied salvific counterpart to these torments, highlighted by contrast.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the nature and duration of suffering.