Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

दधीचिना समं केचिद्दुर्वासः प्रमुखा द्विजाः । भवनिंदां समाकर्ण्य कियतोपि विनिर्ययुः

Transliteration

dadhīcinā samaṃ keciddurvāsaḥ pramukhā dvijāḥ | bhavaniṃdāṃ samākarṇya kiyatopi viniryayuḥ

Translation

دَدھیچی کے ساتھ چند دوبارہ جنم والے رِشی—دُروَاسا کی سرکردگی میں—بھَو (شیو) کی نِندا سن کر کچھ دیر بعد وہاں سے روانہ ہو گئے۔

Word by Word

• दधीचिना: with Dadhīci
• दधीचिना: Sahakāraka (Associate/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• समम्: together, along with
• समम्: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थे/सह-अर्थे — Indeclinable; adverb meaning 'together/with'

• केचित्: some (persons)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (indefinite)

• दुर्वासः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रमुखाः: chief, foremost
• प्रमुखाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; विशेषण (qualifying द्विजाः)

• द्विजाः: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भव-निन्दाम्: censure of Bhava (Śiva)
• भव-निन्दाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक) + निन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भवस्य निन्दा)

• समाकर्ण्य: having heard
• समाकर्ण्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√कर्ण् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — Absolutive/gerund; ‘having heard’

• कियतः: of some (extent/amount)
• कियतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कियत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive (6th), Singular; परिमाणार्थ (of some amount)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even) — particle

• विनिर्ययुः: went out, departed
• विनिर्ययुः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-√या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Plural

Speaker

Narrator (within Skanda Purana Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Satī (Dākṣāyaṇī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacrificial arena bustling with priests and offerings; Durvāsas and other brāhmaṇa-sages, with Dadhīci, turn away in disapproval after hearing Śiva disparaged, their faces stern and restrained.

Characters & Entities

• Dadhīci
• Durvāsas
• Śiva (Bhava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Insulting Śiva (Bhava-nindā) is treated as a grave breach of dharma; righteous sages withdraw from polluted assemblies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly mentioned; the chapter belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s wider praise of Kāśī and Śaiva devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the sages’ departure in response to Śiva’s disparagement.