Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

इत्थं विलप्य बहुशो नयनांबुधारासंपातजात तटिनी शतमुत्तरंगम् । सा तोकशोकजनितानल तापतप्ता प्रोच्छ्वस्यदीर्घविपुलोष्णमहो शुशोष

Transliteration

itthaṃ vilapya bahuśo nayanāṃbudhārāsaṃpātajāta taṭinī śatamuttaraṃgam | sā tokaśokajanitānala tāpataptā procchvasyadīrghavipuloṣṇamaho śuśoṣa

Translation

她如此一遍又一遍哀号，泪流成河，仿佛百川奔涌、波涛翻涨。因丧子之悲所生之火灼烧其身，她长长地、沉沉地吐出炽热的叹息——唉，终于枯槁而逝。

Word by Word

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय — adverb (‘in this manner’)

• विलप्य: having lamented
• विलप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विलप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — Absolutive/gerund ‘having lamented’

• बहुशः: many times
• बहुशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय — adverb (‘many times’)

• नयनाम्बुधारासंपातजाता: arisen from the downpour of streams of tears
• नयनाम्बुधारासंपातजाता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नयन + अम्बु + धारा + संपात + जात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कृदन्त: जात (क्त) ‘arisen’; समास: नयन-अम्बु-धारा (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय) + संपात (तत्पुरुष) + जात

• तटिनी: a river
• तटिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तटिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• शतम्: a hundred (fold)
• शतम्: Karma (Extent/परिमाण-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular (measure)

• उत्तरङ्गम्: with rising waves / wave-upon-wave
• उत्तरङ्गम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तरङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समास: उत्तर + अङ्ग (तत्पुरुष)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular pronoun

• तोकशोकजनितानलतापतप्ता: burnt by the fire-heat born of grief for her child
• तोकशोकजनितानलतापतप्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तोक + शोक + जनित + अनल + ताप + तप्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कृदन्त: तप्त (क्त) ‘burnt’; समास: तोक-शोक (षष्ठी) + जनित (क्त) + अनल-ताप (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष) + तप्त

• प्रोच्छ्वस्य: having sighed deeply
• प्रोच्छ्वस्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + उत् + श्वस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — Absolutive/gerund ‘having heaved a sigh / having breathed out’

• दीर्घविपुलोष्णम्: long, abundant, hot (breath)
• दीर्घविपुलोष्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ + विपुल + उष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समास: दीर्घ + विपुल + उष्ण (समाहार-द्वन्द्व/बहुपद)

• अहो: oh!
• अहो: Bhava (Exclamation/उद्गार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मय/खेदार्थक-अव्यय — interjection

• शुशोष: dried up / withered
• शुशोष: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd singular

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (ghāṭa-snāna context)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman collapses in prolonged lament; torrents of tears flow like many rivers with waves; heat-haze rises from the ‘fire of grief’ as she exhales long, scorching sighs and visibly withers.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked grief consumes the body and mind, underscoring the Purāṇic call to seek steadiness through dharma and divine refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; the broader Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative remains oriented to Kāśī’s salvific greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.