Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

पश्य नः पौरुषं राजन्नानयामो बलादिमाम् । इत्युक्त्वा युगपत्सर्वे क्षुब्धास्तोयधयो यथा

Transliteration

paśya naḥ pauruṣaṃ rājannānayāmo balādimām | ityuktvā yugapatsarve kṣubdhāstoyadhayo yathā

Translation

“اے راجن! ہماری مردانگی دیکھو—ہم اسے زور سے یہاں لے آئیں گے!” یہ کہہ کر وہ سب ایک ساتھ لپکے، جیسے پانی یکایک بھنور میں کھول اٹھے۔

Word by Word

• पश्य: see! behold!
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नः: our / to us
• नः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) वा चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) बहुवचन-रूप (enclitic); 'our/to us'

• पौरुषम्: manliness, valor
• पौरुषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• आनयामः: we bring
• आनयामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• बलात्: by force, forcibly
• बलात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (instrumental sense: forcibly)

• इमाम्: this (woman/one)
• इमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having said'

• युगपत्: simultaneously
• युगपत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: युगपत् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: simultaneously)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• क्षुब्धाः: agitated
• क्षुब्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुभ् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रत्ययार्थ), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; 'agitated'

• तोयधयः: oceans
• तोयधयः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोयधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तोयधि = समुद्र (ocean)

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (comparative particle: as/like)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: narrative voice within Skanda–Agastya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A band of warriors or agents boast before a king, declaring they will seize a woman by force; immediately they surge forward together like waters whipped into turbulence.

Characters & Entities

• Rājan (a King, addressed)
• Host/army of aggressors (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boastful reliance on brute force is portrayed as turbulent and destabilizing—an emblem of adharma that invites divine correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting belongs to Kāśī Khaṇḍa (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī), but this verse focuses on the unfolding conflict rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive within a narrative episode.