Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

ततस्तां तु विनिर्यांतीमनुजग्मुर्महासुराः । कोटिकोटिसहस्राणि पूरयित्वा तु रोदसी

Transliteration

tatastāṃ tu viniryāṃtīmanujagmurmahāsurāḥ | koṭikoṭisahasrāṇi pūrayitvā tu rodasī

Translation

جب وہ باہر نکلی تو عظیم اسور اس کے پیچھے پیچھے چل پڑے؛ کروڑوں پر کروڑوں، ہزاروں پر ہزاروں سے دونوں جہان بھر گئے۔

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ताम् (her)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle) — emphasis/contrast

• विनिर्यान्तीम्: going out; departing
• विनिर्यान्तीम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निर्-या (धातु) → विनिर्यन्ती (वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्राय) — ‘going out’ (departing)

• अनुजग्मुः: they followed
• अनुजग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘they followed’

• महासुराः: great demons
• महासुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — ‘great asuras/demons’

• कोटि-कोटि-सहस्राणि: countless multitudes (crores upon crores)
• कोटि-कोटि-सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि + कोटि + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — ‘thousands of crores upon crores’ (numerical aggregate)

• पूरयित्वा: having filled
• पूरयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्/पॄ (धातु) → पूरयितुम् (णिच्) → पूरयित्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययभाव (क्त्वान्त) — ‘having filled’ (after filling)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle)

• रोदसी: heaven and earth (the two realms)
• रोदसी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (द्विवचनान्त-रूप), द्वितीया/प्रथमा, द्विवचन — ‘the two worlds: heaven and earth’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda narrating to Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast, dark tide of asuras pours after a departing figure, their ranks stretching to the horizon, eclipsing sky and earth; banners, dust-clouds, and a sense of worlds being ‘filled’.

Characters & Entities

• Kālarātri (implied)
• Mahāsuras
• Rodasī (heaven and earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma can appear overwhelming in scale, but quantity does not equal sovereignty; the sacred order ultimately prevails.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, whose larger intent is the glorification of Kāśī-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description of the asuric host.