Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

कंदुकेश समुत्पत्तिं व्याघ्रे शाविर्भवं तथा । समाकर्ण्य नरो जातु नोपसर्गैः प्रदूयते

Transliteration

kaṃdukeśa samutpattiṃ vyāghre śāvirbhavaṃ tathā | samākarṇya naro jātu nopasargaiḥ pradūyate

Translation

کندوکیش کی پیدائش اور اسی طرح ببر میں ظہور کی بات سن کر انسان کبھی بھی آفتوں اور بلاؤں سے آلودہ نہیں ہوتا۔

Word by Word

• कंदुकेश: of Kandukesha
• कंदुकेश: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंदुकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; (सम्बन्धे)

• समुत्पत्तिम्: origin, arising
• समुत्पत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् + उत् + पद्/पत् (धातु) → समुत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• व्याघ्रे: in/at (the place called) Vyāghra
• व्याघ्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• शाविर्भवम्: manifestation, appearance
• शाविर्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शा + आविर्भव (प्रातिपदिक); आविर्भव < आविस् + भू (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘प्राकट्य/आविर्भाव’ अर्थे

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)

• समाकर्ण्य: having heard (well)
• समाकर्ण्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + कर्ण्/कृ (धातु) → समाकर्ण्य (क्त्वा-भाव)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘सम्यक् आकर्ण्य’ = having heard attentively

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जातु: ever (with negation: never)
• जातु: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/नित्यत्ववाचक-अव्यय (particle: ever/at any time; with negation = never)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• उपसर्गैः: by afflictions/obstacles
• उपसर्गैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• प्रदूयते: is afflicted, is corrupted
• प्रदूयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-भावे ‘be corrupted/afflicted’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṇḍukeśa; Vyāghreśvara-āvirbhāva-kathā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrative tableau: the origin of Kaṇḍukeśa and a miraculous Śiva-manifestation connected with a tiger; listeners are encircled by a protective aura, while symbols of calamity (storm, disease, evil eye) dissipate.

Characters & Entities

• Kaṇḍukeśa
• Śiva (manifestation)
• tiger (vyāghra)
• Kāśī (implied setting)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attentive hearing of Śiva’s wondrous manifestations in Kāśī is praised as a shield against misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kaṇḍukeśa and the Vyāghreśvara-related manifestation motif within Kāśī’s sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samākarṇa/śravaṇa—devout listening to the origin and manifestation narratives.