Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्मिन्मुनिसुते हृतेऽत्याहितशंसिभिः । तैः समागत्य शिशुभिः कथितं तत्पितुः पुरः

Transliteration

tatastasminmunisute hṛte'tyāhitaśaṃsibhiḥ | taiḥ samāgatya śiśubhiḥ kathitaṃ tatpituḥ puraḥ

Translation

Nang siya, ang anak ng muni, ay madagit—isang nakapanghihilakbot na kapahamakan—nagtipon ang mga batang iyon at ipinaalam ang pangyayari sa harap ng kanyang ama.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुनिसुते: in/when the sage's son
• मुनिसुते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः: मुनेः सुतः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• हृते: when (he) had been carried off
• हृते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• अति: excessively/very
• अति: Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय; तीव्रार्थक (intensifier)

• आहितशंसिभिः: by those who proclaimed/announced (it) loudly
• आहितशंसिभिः: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + शंसिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः: आहितं शंसन्ति ये (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः); करणत्वे (instrumental of agent in passive sense)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• समागत्य: having come together
• समागत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• शिशुभिः: with the children
• शिशुभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण/सह (instrumental)

• कथितम्: was told/related
• कथितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• तत्: that (incident)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पितुः: of (his) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• पुरः: in the presence of/before
• पुरः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (adverb: 'in front of')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acchoda-saras (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of frightened boys, wet and disheveled, rush from the lakeside to an āśrama courtyard; they gesture anxiously before a seated sage-father, conveying the seizure and disappearance.

Characters & Entities

• Muni (father)
• Muni-suta (son)
• Boys (śiśu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthful reporting and communal responsibility in times of crisis are portrayed as ethical duties aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode continues the Acchoda lake setting, within the broader Kāśī Khaṇḍa sacred-geography discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the communication of an event to the sage-father.