Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
यस्य मौलिजसंघर्षाद्घ नाव्योम त्यजंत्यपि । नीलिमानं न चाद्यापि जह्युस्तक्लेशसंगजम्
Transliteration
yasya maulijasaṃgharṣādgha nāvyoma tyajaṃtyapi | nīlimānaṃ na cādyāpi jahyustakleśasaṃgajam
Translation
جس کے تاج کی رگڑ سے بادل آسمان کو چھوڑتے تک نہیں؛ اور اس کے پیدا کردہ کرب سے جنمی نیلاہٹ کو بھی وہ اب تک ترک نہیں کرتے۔
Word by Word
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
मौलिजसंघर्षात्from the friction caused by his crown/crest
मौलिजसंघर्षात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootमौलि + ज + संघर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मौलिजस्य संघर्षः)
घ(particle)
घ:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; छन्दोऽनुग्राहक-निपात (metrical filler/particle)
नnot
न:
Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation)
अव्योमthe non-sky (i.e., the sky is not left)
अव्योम:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअ + व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नञ्-समासभाव (अव्योम = न व्योम)
त्यजन्तिleave, abandon
त्यजन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
अपिeven
अपि:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (even/also)
नीलिमानम्blueness
नीलिमानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनीलिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
अद्यापिeven now, still
अद्यापि:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘even today/still’)
जह्युःabandoned, gave up
जह्युः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहा (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
तत्क्लेशसंगजम्born from that distressful contact
तत्क्लेशसंगजम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतत् + क्लेश + संग + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्मात् क्लेशसंगात् जातम्) विशेषणम् (नीलिमानम्)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Bhārata
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Gajāsura’s towering crown scrapes the cloud-banks; clouds churn and darken, lingering in the sky as if bruised; the air feels heavy over the sacred city.
Characters & Entities
G
GajāsuraC
Clouds (ghanāḥ)FAQs
Adharma can loom so large that it seems to color the very sky—yet it is still a temporary shadow before divine order.
Kāśī is the textual locus, but no distinct tīrtha is praised in this verse.
None.