Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अर्यम्णो बाहुयुगलं तथोत्पाटितवान्परः । अग्नेरुत्पाटयामास कश्चिज्जिह्वां प्रसह्य च

Transliteration

aryamṇo bāhuyugalaṃ tathotpāṭitavānparaḥ | agnerutpāṭayāmāsa kaścijjihvāṃ prasahya ca

Translation

อีกผู้หนึ่งฉีกกระชากแขนทั้งคู่ของพระอารยมัน; และผู้หนึ่งก็ฉุดกระชากลิ้นของพระอัคนีออกมาโดยบังคับ

Word by Word

• अर्यम्णः: of Aryaman
• अर्यम्णः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्यमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• बाहुयुगलम्: pair of arms
• बाहुयुगलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक) + युगल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (बाहूनां युगलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• उत्पाटितवान्: tore out, uprooted
• उत्पाटितवान्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पट्/पाट् (धातु) + क्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (perfect participle, active sense); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे मुख्यक्रियावत् (finite-like)

• परः: another (one)
• परः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपदं (another person)

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• उत्पाटयामास: tore out
• उत्पाटयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पट्/पाट् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः उत्-

• कश्चित्: someone
• कश्चित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• जिह्वाम्: tongue
• जिह्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रसह्य: forcibly, having overpowered
• प्रसह्य: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); उपसर्गः प्र-

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Characters & Entities

• Aryaman
• Agni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The powers that uphold ritual (like Agni) are not automatic guarantees; dharma collapses when worship is rooted in ego.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha reference in this verse; the teaching supports the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s Śiva-centered sacred worldview.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative consequence scene, underscoring correct devotion as the foundation of rite.