Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

आश्चर्यहेतुरेवायं यत्पुंजातं त्रयीतले । तद्दृष्टं सकलत्रं च दक्षस्याध्वरमंडपे

Transliteration

āścaryaheturevāyaṃ yatpuṃjātaṃ trayītale | taddṛṣṭaṃ sakalatraṃ ca dakṣasyādhvaramaṃḍape

Translation

یہی تو حیرت کا سبب ہے کہ تریئی لوک کے تلے اس دھرتی پر جو کچھ واقع ہوا۔ وہ سارا ماجرا دکش کے یَجْنَ کے منڈپ میں دیکھا گیا۔

Word by Word

• āścarya-hetuḥ: cause of wonder
• āścarya-hetuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: आश्चर्यस्य हेतुः

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle: indeed/only)

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yat: which/that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• puṃjātam: male offspring/son
• puṃjātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṃjāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• trayī-tale: in the sphere of the three Vedas
• trayī-tale: Adhikaraṇa (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: त्रय्याः तलम् = in the realm/ground of the three Vedas

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• dṛṣṭam: seen
• dṛṣṭam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु: दृश्—दर्शने)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Singular)

• sakala-tram: the whole household
• sakala-tram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक) + tra (प्रातिपदिक: tra/त्र = wife/household; here as collective)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थ: सकलं त्रं = whole household/family

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• dakṣasya: of Dakṣa
• dakṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• adhvara-maṃḍape: in the sacrificial pavilion
• adhvara-maṃḍape: Adhikaraṇa (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhvara (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃḍapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: अध्वरस्य मण्डपः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue tradition, Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dakṣa-yajña-sthala (mythic)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast sacrificial pavilion with altars, priests, and offerings; an onlooker points to the unfolding unprecedented event, the atmosphere charged as if the very earth is affected.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Adhvara (Yajña)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride and misaligned sacrifice become sources of upheaval; Purāṇic memory frames such events as warnings and teachings for dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to Dakṣa’s adhvara-maṇḍapa (sacrificial site) as a narrative locus; the surrounding chapter remains within Kāśī Khaṇḍa discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it references a yajña setting as part of a story.