Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
Devanagari script
कंडूयनं हि शिरसः पाणिभ्यां न शुभं मतम् । आताडनं कराभ्यां च क्रोशनं केशलुंचनम्
Transliteration
kaṃḍūyanaṃ hi śirasaḥ pāṇibhyāṃ na śubhaṃ matam | ātāḍanaṃ karābhyāṃ ca krośanaṃ keśaluṃcanam
Translation
以双手搔抓头顶不被视为吉祥；以手击打自身、放声哀号，或拔扯头发，也同样不吉。
Word by Word
कण्डूयनम्scratching
कण्डूयनम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकण्डूयन (प्रातिपदिक; √कण्डूय् + ल्युट्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रियानाम (action noun)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
शिरसःof the head
शिरसः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
पाणिभ्याम्with (both) hands
पाणिभ्याम्:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
शुभम्auspicious
शुभम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मतम्)
मतम्is considered
मतम्:
Kriya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootमत (प्रातिपदिक; √मन् + क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, भावे/निर्णये (opinion/considered)
आताडनम्striking/beating
आताडनम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआ-ताडन (प्रातिपदिक; √ताड् + ल्युट्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रियानाम
कराभ्याम्with (both) hands
कराभ्याम्:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
क्रोशनम्shouting/crying out
क्रोशनम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोशन (प्रातिपदिक; √क्रुश् + ल्युट्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रियानाम
केशलुञ्चनम्pulling out hair
केशलुञ्चनम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकेश (प्रातिपदिक) + लुञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक; √लुञ्च् + ल्युट्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (केशानां लुञ्चनम्)
Speaker
Skanda
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A restrained mourning/ritual scene on a ghat: family members sit quietly, hands folded; an officiant gestures calmingly, discouraging frantic gestures like hair-pulling or wailing.
Characters & Entities
K
Kāśī (implied by Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)FAQs
Auspiciousness is protected by restraint—avoiding agitated, self-harming, or disorderly behavior.
The setting is the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s guidance for conduct in Kāśī rather than a named pilgrimage spot.
Avoid inauspicious actions such as head-scratching, striking oneself, wailing, and hair-plucking.