Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

रौरवेप्यंधतामिस्रे कुंभीपाकेऽतिरौरवे । कालसूत्रे कृमिभुजि पूयशोणितकर्दमे

Transliteration

rauravepyaṃdhatāmisre kuṃbhīpāke'tiraurave | kālasūtre kṛmibhuji pūyaśoṇitakardame

Translation

رَورَو، اَندھَتامِسر، کُمبھِیپاک اور اَتِرَورَو میں؛ کالسوتر، کِرمِبھوجی اور پیپ و خون کے کیچڑ میں—

Word by Word

• रौरवे: in Raurava (hell)
• रौरवे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also/even’

• अन्धतामिस्रे: in Andhatāmisra (hell)
• अन्धतामिस्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्ध-तामिस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (अन्धं च तत् तामिस्रम्)

• कुम्भीपाके: in Kumbhīpāka (hell)
• कुम्भीपाके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भी-पाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कुम्भ्याः पाकः)

• अतिरौरवे: in Atiraurava (hell)
• अतिरौरवे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अति-रौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—उपपद/तत्पुरुष (अतिशयेन रौरवः)

• कालसूत्रे: in Kālasūtra (hell)
• कालसूत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल-सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कालस्य सूत्रम्)

• कृमिभुजि: in Kṛmibhuj (worm-eater hell)
• कृमिभुजि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि-भुज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कृमीन् भुङ्क्ते इति)

• पूयशोणितकर्दमे: in the mire of pus and blood
• पूयशोणितकर्दमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूय-शोणित-कर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पूयशोणितयोः कर्दमः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī) as implied counterpoint

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame; not stated in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark infernal panorama: blazing pits and iron landscapes labeled Raurava, Andhatāmisra, Kumbhīpāka, Atiraurava, Kālasūtra, Kṛmibhoji, and a swamp of pus and blood; distant silhouettes of sinners and Yama’s realm looming.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Naraka realms: Raurava
• Andhatāmisra
• Kumbhīpāka
• Atiraurava
• Kālasūtra
• Kṛmibhoji

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions rooted in adharma culminate in specific, terrifying karmic retributions described as naraka experiences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a karmic-judgment sequence within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it enumerates hell-realms as consequences.