Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
सा पांसुला प्रजायेत कुलत्रयविनाशिनी । यस्याः कनिष्ठिका भूमिं न गच्छंत्याः परिस्पृशेत्
Transliteration
sā pāṃsulā prajāyeta kulatrayavināśinī | yasyāḥ kaniṣṭhikā bhūmiṃ na gacchaṃtyāḥ parispṛśet
Translation
她将投生为“Pāṃsulā”，毁灭家族三代之人——其小脚趾即使行走，也不能端正触地。
Word by Word
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
पांसुलाdusty/covered with dust
पांसुला:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootपांसुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
प्रजायेतwould be born/come to be
प्रजायेत:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + जन् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
कुलत्रयविनाशिनीdestroyer of three lineages
कुलत्रयविनाशिनी:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootकुल + त्रय + विनाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कुलत्रयस्य विनाशिनी (destroyer of three families)
यस्याःof whom/whose
यस्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
कनिष्ठिकाlittle finger
कनिष्ठिका:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकनिष्ठिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
भूमिम्the ground
भूमिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
गच्छन्त्याः(of her) who is going
गच्छन्त्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; ‘going’
परिस्पृशेत्would touch
परिस्पृशेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि + स्पृश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general context)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A woman labeled ‘Pāṃsulā’ in narrative art: her gait appears unnatural, her little toe lifted from the earth; behind her, a fading family tree motif symbolizes ‘kula-traya-vināśa’.
Characters & Entities
S
SkandaK
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)P
PāṃsulāFAQs
It warns that adharma can harm not only the individual but also the stability of the family line, stressing responsibility and restraint.
The verse is embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered teaching, though not itself a tīrtha-glorification.
None.