Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
Devanagari script
अपरेद्युरपि श्येनस्तत्र भारशिलातले । कियदंतरमासाद्योपविष्टोऽतिप्रहृष्टवत्
Transliteration
aparedyurapi śyenastatra bhāraśilātale | kiyadaṃtaramāsādyopaviṣṭo'tiprahṛṣṭavat
Translation
اگلے دن بھی باز وہاں آیا؛ تھوڑا سا فاصلہ طے کر کے بھاری چٹان کی سطح پر بیٹھ گیا، گویا نہایت مسرور ہو۔
Word by Word
अपरेद्युःthe next day
अपरेद्युः:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपरेद्युस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (the next day)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अन्वय-निपात (also)
श्येनःthe hawk
श्येनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्येन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (there)
भार-शिला-तलेon the surface of a heavy rock
भार-शिला-तले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभार (प्रातिपदिक) + शिला (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (determinative; ‘on the surface of the heavy rock’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन
कियत्how much; a little
कियत्:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकियत् (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक-प्रश्न/अनिश्चित
अन्तरम्interval; distance
अन्तरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन
आसाद्यhaving reached
आसाद्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootआ- सद् (धातु) → आसाद्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
Formल्यप्-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having reached/approached’
उपविष्टःsat down
उपविष्टः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-विश् (धातु) → उपविष्ट (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अति-प्रहृष्ट-वत्as if greatly delighted
अति-प्रहृष्ट-वत्:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + प्रहृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
Formउपमानवाचक-अव्यय (like one greatly delighted)
Speaker
Narrator (within Skanda’s discourse to Agastya, Kāśī Khaṇḍa default attribution)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame typical)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Next day, the hawk returns and perches on a massive rock slab, appearing unusually pleased—an anticipatory tableau.
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śyena (hawk)FAQs
Danger often returns repeatedly; vigilance and discernment are essential aspects of dhārmic living.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is embedded in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred narrative.
None.