Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
Devanagari script
यूका संवीक्ष्यवीक्ष्यैव भक्षयेद्दंतकोटिभिः । गोलांगूलारक्तमुखानीलां गा यूथथनायकाः
Transliteration
yūkā saṃvīkṣyavīkṣyaiva bhakṣayeddaṃtakoṭibhiḥ | golāṃgūlāraktamukhānīlāṃ gā yūthathanāyakāḥ
Translation
انہیں بار بار دیکھ کر تو گویا جوئیں بھی دانتوں کی نوکوں سے کاٹ لے؛ اور ریوڑ کے سردار—نیلے بدن والے، سرخ دہن والے، گول دُموں والے—بے خوفی سے گھومتے پھرتے ہیں۔
Word by Word
yūkāa louse
yūkā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyūkā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
saṃvīkṣyahaving examined well
saṃvīkṣya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial to main verb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaṃ-√īkṣ (धातु) → saṃvīkṣya (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययीभाव-रूप)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having observed carefully)
vīkṣyahaving looked (repeatedly)
vīkṣya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√īkṣ (धातु) → vīkṣya (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-पूर्वक्रिया (having looked again and again)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
bhakṣayetwould eat/devour
bhakṣayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bhakṣ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
danta-koṭibhiḥwith the tips/edges of (its) teeth
danta-koṭibhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootdanta (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (दन्तानां कोटयः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (कोटि), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
golāṃgūla-rakta-mukhā-nīlāṃa blue (cow) with cow-like tail and red mouth
golāṃgūla-rakta-mukhā-nīlāṃ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeAdjective
Rootgo (प्रातिपदिक) + lāṃgūla (प्रातिपदिक) + rakta (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + nīla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुपद-कर्मधारय-समास (गो-लाङ्गूलः, रक्त-मुखः, नीलः इति गुणसमुच्चय); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण
gāma cow
gām:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootgo (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
yūtha-stha-nāyakāḥleaders of the herd
yūtha-stha-nāyakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyūtha (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक) + nāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (यूथे स्थाः = यूथस्थाः; तेषां नायकाः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A surreal Kāśī grove where even tiny creatures show boldness; herd-leaders with striking colors move calmly, suggesting a protected, enchanted ecology under the kṣetra’s aura.
Characters & Entities
K
KāśīY
Yūkā (louse)G
Gāḥ (cattle)FAQs
The verse continues the theme that in Kāśī even the smallest harms and the greatest fears lose their force, indicating a kṣetra that disciplines hostility.
Kāśī-kṣetra broadly.
None.