Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एतया विद्यया सोहं प्रमयैर्मथितान्रणे । उत्थापयिष्ये ग्लानानि धान्यन्यंबुधरो यथा

Transliteration

etayā vidyayā sohaṃ pramayairmathitānraṇe | utthāpayiṣye glānāni dhānyanyaṃbudharo yathā

Translation

凭此知识，我将使在战场上被普罗摩他众碾碎者复起；扶起衰弱之人，如甘霖之云复苏五谷。

Word by Word

• एतया: by this
• एतया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; विद्यया इति सह करणत्वे

• विद्यया: by (the) spell/knowledge
• विद्यया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• प्रमयैः: by diseases/consumptions
• प्रमयैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• मथितान्: afflicted/churned (distressed)
• मथितान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मथ् (धातु) → मथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणं (तान्)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• उत्थापयिष्ये: I will raise up / revive
• उत्थापयिष्ये: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ग्लानानि: the weary/weak ones
• ग्लानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्लान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• धान्यानि: grains/crops
• धान्यानि: Upamāna/Example-object (in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• अम्बुधरः: cloud (water-bearer)
• अम्बुधरः: Upamāna (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• यथा: as, just like
• यथा: Upamādyotaka (Simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

Speaker

Bhārgava (Śukrācārya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dānava-pati

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śukra declares he will revive those crushed by Pramathas in battle; the scene shifts from carnage to renewal, with a rain-cloud metaphor overlaying the battlefield.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava (Śukrācārya)
• Pramatha
• Daitya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowledge is depicted as restorative and life-giving when applied skillfully—like rain that renews the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the broader Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework is Kāśī-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the intended application of a reviving vidyā.