Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अत्रांतरे नरपतिं प्रतापमुकुटाभिधम् । काशीदेशाधिपो मल्लः कश्चिदभ्याययौ बली

Transliteration

atrāṃtare narapatiṃ pratāpamukuṭābhidham | kāśīdeśādhipo mallaḥ kaścidabhyāyayau balī

Translation

اسی اثنا میں کاشی دیس کا ایک زورآور مَلّہ، جو وہاں کا حاکم تھا، پرتاپ مکٹ نامی راجہ پر چڑھ آیا۔

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• अन्तरे: in the meantime / in between
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (neuter locative singular)

• नरपतिम्: the king
• नरपतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (masculine accusative singular)

• प्रतापमुकुट-अभिधम्: named Pratāpamukuṭa
• प्रतापमुकुट-अभिधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापमुकुट (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (प्रतापमुकुट इति अभिधा यस्य/यम्); (masculine accusative singular)

• काशी-देश-अधिपः: lord of the Kāśī region
• काशी-देश-अधिपः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक) + देश (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (काशीदेशस्य अधिपः); (masculine nominative singular)

• मल्लः: the wrestler/warrior (Malla)
• मल्लः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (masculine nominative singular)

• कश्चित्: a certain (one)
• कश्चित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite pronoun)

• अभ्याययौ: came near / approached
• अभ्याययौ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + आ + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपदी; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (perfect, 3rd person singular)

• बली: strong
• बली: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (masculine nominative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual mention)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful malla from Kāśī advances toward King Pratāpamukuṭa—drums, banners, and the tension of impending contest.

Characters & Entities

• Pratāpamukuṭa (king)
• Kāśī (region/kingdom)
• Malla (wrestler/champion, Kāśī ruler)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power and conflict arise suddenly; rulers are tested in kṣatra-dharma, where protection and courage must be guided by righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is mentioned as a region (the famed sacred city of Vārāṇasī), though the verse itself describes a political/martial movement rather than tīrtha-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.