Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

ततः कोलाहलो जातः प्रमथासुरसैन्ययोः । तेन शब्देन महता शुक्रः शंभूदरे स्थितः

Transliteration

tataḥ kolāhalo jātaḥ pramathāsurasainyayoḥ | tena śabdena mahatā śukraḥ śaṃbhūdare sthitaḥ

Translation

پھر پرمَتھوں کے جتھے اور اسوروں کی فوج کے درمیان بڑا ہنگامہ برپا ہوا۔ اس زبردست گرج سے شَمبھُو کے پیٹ میں مقیم شُکر آچاریہ چونک اٹھا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon/then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — अपादान/हेतु-अर्थे; ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’ (thereupon/thereafter)

• कोलाहलः: uproar, tumult
• कोलाहलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोलाहल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जातः: arose/was born
• जातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘उत्पन्नः’ (arisen)

• प्रमथासुरसैन्ययोः: of the armies of the Pramathas and the Asuras
• प्रमथासुरसैन्ययोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमथ + असुर + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रमथानां च असुराणां च सैन्ययोः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• शब्देन: sound, noise
• शब्देन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महता: great, loud
• महता: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘शब्देन’)

• शुक्रः: Śukra (Venus; Bhārgava)
• शुक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शंभूदरे: in Śambhu’s belly
• शंभूदरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु + उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शंभोः उदरम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्थितः: was situated/remained
• स्थितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अवस्थितः’ (being situated)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A roaring clash between Śiva’s pramatha-gaṇas and asura ranks; within the vast, serene form of Śambhu, Śukra is shown awakening, stirred by the thunderous sound.

Characters & Entities

• Pramatha
• Asura
• Śukra
• Śambhu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic conflicts reverberate through divine realms; even sages and gods respond as dharma’s drama unfolds under Śiva’s sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the textual context; the verse itself is mythic-narrative rather than tīrtha-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.