Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

आयामं तत्र संस्थित्वा तत्कुलायं विलोक्य च । पुनर्विनिर्गतः श्येनः सापि भीताब्रवीत्पुनः

Transliteration

āyāmaṃ tatra saṃsthitvā tatkulāyaṃ vilokya ca | punarvinirgataḥ śyenaḥ sāpi bhītābravītpunaḥ

Translation

ครั้นยืนอยู่ที่นั่นชั่วครู่และเหลียวมองไปยังรังนั้นแล้ว เหยี่ยวก็บินจากไปอีกครั้ง; นางก็หวาดหวั่นจึงกล่าวขึ้นอีกหน

Word by Word

• आयामम्: a while; a period (of time)
• आयामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• संस्थित्वा: having stayed
• संस्थित्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; having stood/remained

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचन; genitive singular; (in compound relation)

• कुलायम्: nest
• कुलायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kulāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular

• विलोक्य: having looked
• विलोक्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√lok (लोक् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); having looked at

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विनिर्गतः: came out
• विनिर्गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-nis-√gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘having gone out/come out’

• श्येनः: hawk
• श्येनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śyena (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; nominative singular

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

• भीता: frightened
• भीता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhīta (√bhī धातु; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; nominative singular; agreeing with ‘सा’

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (within Skanda → Agastya discourse, per Kāśī Khaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bird-couple near their nest; a hawk returns, pauses, surveys the nest, then departs; the female bird trembles and speaks in fear.

Characters & Entities

• Śyena (hawk)
• Pārāvatī (female bird/mate)
• Nest (kulāya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When harm is contemplated, the vulnerable naturally fear; dharma calls for timely counsel and protective action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly in this line; the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s overall frame glorifies Kāśī, but this verse is narrative detail.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.