Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
Devanagari script
निमग्नकक्षाकुहरं शुष्कह्रस्व भुजद्वयम् । विरलांगुलिहस्ताग्रं नतपीन नखावलिम्
Transliteration
nimagnakakṣākuharaṃ śuṣkahrasva bhujadvayam | viralāṃgulihastāgraṃ natapīna nakhāvalim
Translation
ร่องรักแร้ของเขายุบลึกลงไป แขนทั้งสองแห้งและสั้น; ปลายนิ้วมีนิ้วเรียวบางประปราย และเล็บงอหนา
Word by Word
निमग्नकक्षाकुहरम्with sunken armpit-hollows
निमग्नकक्षाकुहरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिमग्न (कृदन्त; √मज्ज्/√मग्न् भाव) + कक्षा (प्रातिपदिक) + कुहर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (निमग्नं कक्षाकुहरं यस्य)
शुष्कह्रस्वभुजद्वयम्with two dry, short arms
शुष्कह्रस्वभुजद्वयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुष्क (प्रातिपदिक) + ह्रस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भुज (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (शुष्कं ह्रस्वं भुजद्वयं यस्य)
विरलाङ्गुलिहस्ताग्रम्with sparse fingers at the hand-tips
विरलाङ्गुलिहस्ताग्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootविरल (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गुलि (प्रातिपदिक) + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (विरलाः अङ्गुलयः यस्य हस्ताग्रे)
नतपीननखावलिम्with a row of bent, thick nails
नतपीननखावलिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootनत (कृदन्त; √नम् धातु) + पीन (प्रातिपदिक) + नख (प्रातिपदिक) + आवलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (नता पीनाः नखाः यस्याः आवलिः)
Speaker
Skanda (contextual narration to Agastya in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A gaunt figure with deeply sunken armpit hollows, short dried arms, sparse thin fingers, and thick bent nails—rendered with clinical detail to evoke detachment rather than mere horror.
Characters & Entities
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KāśīP
pretaFAQs
It evokes dispassion and moral urgency by portraying the misery tied to adharmic downfall.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the broader Mahātmya frame for this episode.
None in this verse.