Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
Devanagari script
आखुश्चाखुभुजः कर्णं कंडूयेत चलाननः । मयूरपुच्छपुटगो निद्रात्योतुः सुखाधिकम्
Transliteration
ākhuścākhubhujaḥ karṇaṃ kaṃḍūyeta calānanaḥ | mayūrapucchapuṭago nidrātyotuḥ sukhādhikam
Translation
چنچل چہرے والا چوہا، چوہا خور کا کان کھجاتا ہے؛ اور مور کے پَر کے حصار میں لیٹنے والا نہایت سکون سے، زیادہ راحت کے ساتھ سوتا ہے۔
Word by Word
ākhuḥa mouse/rat
ākhuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootākhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
ākhu-bhujaḥone with a mouse’s arm/forelimb
ākhu-bhujaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; coordinated)
TypeNoun
Rootākhu (प्रातिपदिक) + bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (आखोः भुजः/भुजा); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
karṇamear
karṇam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootkarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
kaṃḍūyetawould scratch/itch (it)
kaṃḍūyeta:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√kaṃḍū (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
calānanaḥthe one with a moving face
calānanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootcala (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (चलम् आननम् यस्य); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
mayūra-puccha-puṭa-gaḥone situated in the fold of a peacock’s tail
mayūra-puccha-puṭa-gaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmayūra (प्रातिपदिक) + puccha (प्रातिपदिक) + puṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (मयूरस्य पुच्छस्य पुटे गः = स्थितः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
nidrāsleep
nidrā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; of implied verb)
TypeNoun
Rootnidrā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (क्रियावाचक-भावे)
atyotuḥhas surpassed/exceeded
atyotuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootati (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + √u (धातु) → atyotuḥ
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग-युक्त (ati-)
sukha-adhikamsomething greater than pleasure
sukha-adhikam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsukha (प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (सुखात् अधिकम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A small rat gently scratching the ear of its natural enemy, who remains calm; nearby, a figure/creature rests within a fan-like peacock-tail enclosure, sleeping deeply in serene comfort.
Characters & Entities
K
KāśīĀ
Ākhu (rat)M
Mayūra (peacock)FAQs
The sacred field is shown as radically safe: even predator and prey coexist, indicating the peace that arises in proximity to the divine.
Kāśī-kṣetra in general.
None.