Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सापि शंभोर्गिरं श्रुत्वा मुखपीयूषवर्षिणीम् । महासंतापशमनीं लोचने उदमीलयत्

Transliteration

sāpi śaṃbhorgiraṃ śrutvā mukhapīyūṣavarṣiṇīm | mahāsaṃtāpaśamanīṃ locane udamīlayat

Translation

وہ بھی شَمبھو کے وہ کلمات سن کر—جو دہن سے امرت کی بارش کی مانند اور بڑے رنج کو مٹانے والے تھے—اپنی آنکھیں کھول بیٹھی۔

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = particle; ‘also/even’

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu
• शम्भोः: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गिरम्: speech/words
• गिरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) = having heard

• मुखपीयूषवर्षिणीम्: nectar-raining from (his) mouth
• मुखपीयूषवर्षिणीम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख-पीयूष-वर्षिणी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मुखात् पीयूषं वर्षति इति); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गिरम्)

• महासंतापशमनीम्: great-sorrow/torment-allaying
• महासंतापशमनीम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-संताप-शमनी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (महान् संतापः तं शमयति इति); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गिरम्)

• लोचने: (her) two eyes
• लोचने: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन = Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• उदमीलयत्: opened
• उदमीलयत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√मील् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic woman, soothed by Śiva’s nectar-like words that quell great anguish, slowly opens her eyes.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine speech (śiva-vāṇī) is portrayed as healing—removing inner burning and restoring clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī setting continues, emphasizing that this sacred ground becomes a theatre for grace and relief.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the focus is on the transformative power of hearing the Lord’s words (śravaṇa).