Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

रोहितोऽरण्यमहिषमुद्धर्षति निराकुलः । चमरीशबरीकेशैः संमिमीते स्ववालधिम्

Transliteration

rohito'raṇyamahiṣamuddharṣati nirākulaḥ | camarīśabarīkeśaiḥ saṃmimīte svavāladhim

Translation

‘روہت’ ہرن بےخوف ہو کر جنگلی بھینسے کے ساتھ کھیلتا ہے، بےفکر۔ اور چمری یاک اور شبری جانور کے بالوں سے وہ اپنی ہی دُم کو بھی ناپتا/موازنہ کرتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• रोहितः: Rohita (a deer)
• रोहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अरण्य-महिषम्: the wild buffalo
• अरण्य-महिषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—अरण्यस्य महिषः (wild buffalo)

• उद्धर्षति: harasses/attacks
• उद्धर्षति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√हृष्/हर्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• निराकुलः: unperturbed
• निराकुलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• चमरी-शबरी-केशैः: with yak-and-śabarī hairs
• चमरी-शबरी-केशैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमरी (प्रातिपदिक) + शबरी (प्रातिपदिक) + केश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः—चमरीशबरीयोः केशाः (hair of yak and śabarī)

• संमिमीते: measures/compares
• संमिमीते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√मा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्व-वालधिम्: his own tail
• स्व-वालधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वालधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—स्वस्य वालधिः (his own tail)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A rohita-deer playfully nudges a wild buffalo in a forest clearing, both calm; the deer compares its tail with tufts of hair from a camarī-yak and a forest creature, suggesting humorous self-measurement amid peace.

Characters & Entities

• rohita (deer)
• araṇya-mahiṣa (wild buffalo)
• camarī (yak)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Where cruelty is absent, fear subsides; peace (śānti) manifests as natural confidence and harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider chapter is part of Kāśī-māhātmya, presenting Kāśī as a dharma-saturated realm; this verse itself is illustrative rather than topographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.