Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

आधायांके त्रिशूलं स्वे सुष्वापेति प्रलप्य सः । नरमांसवसास्वाद प्रमत्तो वीतसाध्वसः

Transliteration

ādhāyāṃke triśūlaṃ sve suṣvāpeti pralapya saḥ | naramāṃsavasāsvāda pramatto vītasādhvasaḥ

Translation

เขาวางตรีศูลของตนไว้บนตัก แล้วพร่ำเพ้อเช่นนั้นก่อนจะหลับไป—เมามัวด้วยรสเนื้อมนุษย์และมัน ย่ามใจ ไร้ความหวาดหวั่น

Word by Word

• आधाय: having placed
• आधाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ+धा (धातु) → आधाय (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• अङ्के: in the lap
• अङ्के: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रिशूलम्: trident
• त्रिशूलम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि+शूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (three-pronged spear)

• स्वे: in his own
• स्वे: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of अङ्के)

• सुष्वाप: he slept
• सुष्वाप: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyārtha-sūcaka
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• प्रलप्य: having babbled
• प्रलप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र+लप् (धातु) → प्रलप्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नरमांसवसास्वादः: relish of human flesh and fat / one delighting in it
• नरमांसवसास्वादः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर+मांस+वसा+स्वाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः नरस्य मांसस्य वसायाḥ स्वादः (one who relishes human flesh and fat / the relish thereof)

• प्रमत्तः: careless, intoxicated
• प्रमत्तः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+मद् (धातु) → प्रमत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle in active sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘मत्तः/अवधानहीनः’

• वीतसाध्वसः: free from fear
• वीतसाध्वसः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीत+साध्वस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः वीतं साध्वसं यस्य (fearless; fear removed)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not shown in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fearsome figure rests with a trident on his lap, muttering and collapsing into sleep, drunk on the taste of human flesh and fat; the atmosphere is ominous and morally dark.

Characters & Entities

• Triśūla (trident)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma is portrayed as delusion and heedlessness; moral disorder makes one vulnerable to downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa story sequence set in the Kāśī sacred world.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.