Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
Devanagari script
रुष्टदृष्टिं च जनकं कदाचिदवलोक्य सः । निर्जगाम गृहाद्भीतो हरिकेश उदारधीः
Transliteration
ruṣṭadṛṣṭiṃ ca janakaṃ kadācidavalokya saḥ | nirjagāma gṛhādbhīto harikeśa udāradhīḥ
Translation
ایک بار اس نے باپ کی غضبناک نگاہ دیکھی؛ تو ہریکیش—باوقار دل رکھنے والا بھی—ڈر گیا اور گھر سے باہر نکل گیا۔
Word by Word
ruṣṭa-dṛṣṭimwith an angry look
ruṣṭa-dṛṣṭim:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootruṣṭa (कृदन्त; √ruṣ (रुष्) + क्त) + dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: रुष्टा दृष्टी यस्य (angry look)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
janakamfather
janakam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjanaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
kadācitonce; at some time
kadācit:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkadācit (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
avalokyahaving looked at/seen
avalokya:
Purva-kala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootava-√lok (अव+लोक्)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘अवलोक्य’ = having seen
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
nirjagāmawent out; departed
nirjagāma:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnir-√gam (निर्+गम्)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
gṛhātfrom the house
gṛhāt:
Apadana (Ablative/source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootgṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन
bhītaḥfrightened
bhītaḥ:
Hetu/avastha (State/अवस्था)
TypeAdjective
Root√bhī (भी) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण
harikeśaḥHarikeśa (proper name)
harikeśaḥ:
Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roothari-keśa (hari + keśa)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: हरयः केशाः यस्य (one whose hair is tawny/greenish)
udāra-dhīḥnoble-minded (one)
udāra-dhīḥ:
Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootudāra (प्रातिपदिक) + dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: उदारा धीः यस्य (noble-minded)
Speaker
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, context of Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Harikeśa sees his father’s angry gaze; fear rises. He steps out of the house into the lanes, glancing back, torn between pride and dread.
Characters & Entities
H
HarikeśaH
Harikeśa’s fatherFAQs
When guidance is ignored, fear and instability follow; dharma urges steadiness, reconciliation, and respect for rightful authority.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a Kāśī-centered narrative sequence.
None.