Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

प्रवेश्य कंठतालुस्थं तं विज्ञाय द्विजस्फुटम् । भयादुदगिरत्तूर्णं मातृवाक्येन यंत्रितः

Transliteration

praveśya kaṃṭhatālusthaṃ taṃ vijñāya dvijasphuṭam | bhayādudagirattūrṇaṃ mātṛvākyena yaṃtritaḥ

Translation

برہمن کو اپنے حلق اور تالو میں پھنسا ہوا جان کر، اپنی ماں کے الفاظ کے پابند اس نے خوف کی وجہ سے اسے فوراً باہر اگل دیا۔

Word by Word

• प्रवेश्य: having made enter/after inserting
• प्रवेश्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र√विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), धातु: विश्, उपसर्ग: प्र-

• कण्ठ: throat
• कण्ठ: Sambandha (Part of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद

• तालु: palate
• तालु: Sambandha (Part of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तालु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासमध्यपद

• स्थम्: situated in the throat-palate
• स्थम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: कण्ठ-तालु-स्थ (situated in throat and palate); 'तम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विज्ञाय: having recognized
• विज्ञाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि√ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), धातु: ज्ञा, उपसर्ग: वि-

• द्विज: Brahmin
• द्विज: Sambandha (Part of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद

• स्फुटम्: clearly (as) the Brahmin
• स्फुटम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: द्विज-स्फुट (the clearly (known) Brahmin / the Brahmin clearly) — 'तम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• उदगिरत्: vomited/uttered out
• उदगिरत्: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्√गॄ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: quickly)

• मातृ: by (his) mother’s
• मातृ: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• वाक्येन: by the mother’s command
• वाक्येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मातृ-वाक्य (mother’s word)

• यन्त्रितः: restrained/controlled
• यन्त्रितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यन्त्रित (कृदन्त, √यम्/यन्त्र्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'तार्क्ष्यः' (implicit) इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa recoils, eyes wide; from his beak the brāhmaṇa is expelled, falling onto the shore; a subtle, unseen presence of ‘mother’s command’ suggested as a luminous script or aura behind Garuḍa.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Vinatā (mother)
• Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through restraint and obedience to righteous guidance; reverence toward brāhmaṇas prevents grave wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting frames the teaching; this verse itself is narrative and ethical rather than topographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the implied prescription is ethical—do not harm the dvija; heed dharmic counsel.