Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य वीरभद्रस्य चोर्जितम् । जिज्ञासुस्तद्बलं विष्णुर्वीरभद्रमुवाच ह

Transliteration

ityākarṇya vacastasya vīrabhadrasya corjitam | jijñāsustadbalaṃ viṣṇurvīrabhadramuvāca ha

Translation

ครั้นได้สดับถ้อยคำอันทรงพลังของวีรภัทรแล้ว พระวิษณุผู้ใคร่จะหยั่งกำลังของเขา จึงตรัสกับวีรภัทร

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle: thus)

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-कर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘आ+कर्ण्’ (to hear)

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वीरभद्रस्य: of Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (and)

• ऊर्जितम्: powerful
• ऊर्जितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; वचः इति विशेषण

• जिज्ञासुः: desiring to know
• जिज्ञासुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: सन्-प्रत्ययान्त इच्छार्थक कृदन्त (desiderative participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Object-determiner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• वीरभद्रम्: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: स्मरण/वृत्तान्तसूचक निपात (emphatic/expletive particle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-audience within the Purāṇic frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu listens to Vīrabhadra’s forceful speech; a tense stillness follows as Viṣṇu prepares to speak, eyes intent, posture composed, battlefield energy held in suspension.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vīrabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even among divine beings, strength is assessed with discernment; power should be measured before action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered corpus, but it does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition into Viṣṇu’s reply.