Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

असावेव हि चांडालः सर्वलोकबहिष्कृतः । इत्थं तमनुधावंति थूत्कुर्वंतः परितो हरे

Transliteration

asāveva hi cāṃḍālaḥ sarvalokabahiṣkṛtaḥ | itthaṃ tamanudhāvaṃti thūtkurvaṃtaḥ parito hare

Translation

“คนนั้นแหละคือจัณฑาล ผู้ถูกคนทั้งปวงขับไล่!” ดังนี้แล้ว โอ้พระหริ พวกเขาก็ไล่ตาม พลางถ่มน้ำลายไปทั่วทุกทิศ

Word by Word

• असौ: that (man)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• हि: for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (for/indeed)

• चाण्डालः: an outcaste
• चाण्डालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाण्डाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वलोकबहिष्कृतः: excluded by all people
• सर्वलोकबहिष्कृतः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + बहिष्कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वलोकैः बहिष्कृतः)

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनुधावन्ति: run after; chase
• अनुधावन्ति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + धाव् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• थूत्कुर्वन्तः: spitting (in contempt)
• थूत्कुर्वन्तः: Karta (Agent of 'anudhāvanti')
• Type: Verb
• Root: थूत् (ध्वन्यनुकरण-शब्द) + कृ (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सहक्रिया (spitting/making 'thūt' sound)

• परितः: around
• परितः: Adhikarana (Circumstantial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परितः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परितोभावे (around)

• हरे: O Hari
• हरे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing ‘Hari’ as listener within the narrative frame, contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Hari (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mob encircles and pursues the man, spitting and shouting; the victim flees through a narrow lane; above, an unseen divine presence is implied by light or a symbolic emblem (liṅga/śaṅkha).

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Kāśī (implied)
• Viśveśa (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse highlights the cruelty of exclusion and implies that such contempt contradicts the sacred dharma upheld in Kāśī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, indirectly—by portraying how the sacred city’s true spirit challenges social rejection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative depiction of harassment, serving as a moral critique.