Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

दोः कंकणेन रिपुणा क्वणितं तावदुत्कटम् । महता सिंजितेनाहं तेनाल्पपरिबोधिता

Transliteration

doḥ kaṃkaṇena ripuṇā kvaṇitaṃ tāvadutkaṭam | mahatā siṃjitenāhaṃ tenālpaparibodhitā

Translation

กำไลที่แขนของเขา—ประหนึ่งศัตรู—กังวานแหลมดังฉับพลัน ด้วยเสียงกรุ๋งกริ๋งอันดังนั้น ข้าจึงได้สติกลับมาเพียงเล็กน้อย

Word by Word

• दोः: of the arm
• दोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष्/दोस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘भुज’ अर्थे

• कङ्कणेन: by the bracelet
• कङ्कणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कङ्कण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• रिपुणा: by the enemy
• रिपुणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• क्वणितम्: a jingling sound
• क्वणितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्वणित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तावत्: so much, then
• तावत्: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (degree/extent: so much/then)

• उत्कटम्: intense, loud
• उत्कटम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• महता: with great
• महता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सिञ्जितेन: with jingling
• सिञ्जितेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिञ्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अल्प-परिबोधिता: slightly awakened
• अल्प-परिबोधिता: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + परिबोधिता (प्रातिपदिक; √बुध्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘अल्पा परिबोधिता’); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP sense: ‘made slightly aware’)

Speaker

Skanda (narrating within Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically to Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up of a jeweled bracelet on a man’s forearm mid-motion, captured at the instant of loud jingling; the heroine’s eyes begin to open, startled.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a small external sign can restore awareness; symbolically, subtle reminders can awaken spiritual mindfulness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa situates the teaching in Kāśī’s sacred world, though this verse itself is a narrative detail.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.