Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

तदंगसंगमासाद्य विदद्रे शतधा तया । कौमोदकी प्रहारेण वीरभद्रं प्रतापिनम्

Transliteration

tadaṃgasaṃgamāsādya vidadre śatadhā tayā | kaumodakī prahāreṇa vīrabhadraṃ pratāpinam

Translation

جب وہ ضرب اس کے جسم سے لگی تو کَومودکی گدا کے اس وار سے جلالی ویر بھدر سو ٹکڑوں میں بٹ گیا۔

Word by Word

• तदङ्गसङ्गमासाद्य: having reached/struck contact with his body
• तदङ्गसङ्गमासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक) + आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासपूर्वक क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund): तद्-अङ्ग-सङ्गमम् आसाद्य = ‘having reached contact with his body’

• विदद्रे: split, burst apart
• विदद्रे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विदॄ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्

• शतधा: into a hundred pieces
• शतधा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतधा (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: into a hundred parts)

• तया: by it/by her (that mace)
• तया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कौमोदकी: Kaumodakī (the mace)
• कौमोदकी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमोदकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रहारेण: by a blow/strike
• प्रहारेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वीरभद्रम्: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रतापिनम्: mighty, valiant
• प्रतापिनम्: Karman (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वीरभद्रस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration traditionally Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Kaumodakī mace-blow lands; Vīrabhadra’s form is shown splitting into a hundred fragments—an exaggerated, supernatural depiction of impact and dispersion.

Characters & Entities

• Kaumodakī
• Vīrabhadra
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the fiercest agents in cosmic drama are subject to reversal; Purāṇic narratives teach detachment from power and alignment with dharma over faction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger Kāśīkhaṇḍa glorifies Kāśī, but this verse is a combat outcome rather than a site-specific praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.