Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

पार्ष्णिग्राह्यभवद्रुद्रो देवाचार्यस्य वै तदा । यदा तारामधार्षीत्स द्विजराजोऽतिसुंदरीम्

Transliteration

pārṣṇigrāhyabhavadrudro devācāryasya vai tadā | yadā tārāmadhārṣītsa dvijarājo'tisuṃdarīm

Translation

اسی وقت دیوگرو کے لیے رُدر گویا ‘ایڑی سے پکڑ لینے والا’ بن گیا؛ کیونکہ اسی گھڑی دِویجوں کے راجا چندرما نے نہایت حسین تارا کی حرمت پامال کی۔

Word by Word

• पार्ष्णिग्राह्यः: one to be seized by the heel
• पार्ष्णिग्राह्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्ष्णि (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्राह्य (कृदन्त; √ग्रह् (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण (ग्रहणीयः/ग्राह्यः) — “पार्ष्ण्या (heel) ग्राह्यः”

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रुद्रः: Rudra (Śiva)
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देवाचार्यस्य: of the preceptor of the gods
• देवाचार्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवाचार्य (प्रातिपदिक: देव + आचार्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adverbial (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: “when”)

• ताराम्: Tārā
• ताराम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अधार्षीत्: violated/assaulted
• अधार्षीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धर्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• द्विजराजः: the king of the twice-born (the Moon)
• द्विजराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजराज (प्रातिपदिक: द्विज + राज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अतिसुन्दरीम्: most beautiful
• अतिसुन्दरीम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिसुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक: अति + सुन्दरी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (ताराम् विशेषयति)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī) (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (typical frame; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial court scene: radiant Soma (Moon) drawn toward the dazzling Tārā; Bṛhaspati’s anguish; Rudra appearing as the stern enforcer who ‘seizes by the heel,’ arresting the offender and restoring cosmic order.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śiva
• Tārā
• Candra (Moon)
• Bṛhaspati (Devācārya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even celestial beings are accountable to dharma; Śiva restrains transgression and restores moral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Kāśī, where Viśveśvara (Śiva) is upheld as supreme; the verse itself is narrative background rather than a direct tīrtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it sets up Śiva’s authority over ritual and dharma, developed in subsequent verses.