Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
जितरोषरयाः शूराः सौम्यसौंदर्यभूमयः । इत्यादि गुणसंपन्नाः सुसंचितयशोधनाः
Transliteration
jitaroṣarayāḥ śūrāḥ saumyasauṃdaryabhūmayaḥ | ityādi guṇasaṃpannāḥ susaṃcitayaśodhanāḥ
Translation
他们是制伏怒潮的英雄；温和安雅，宛如美之所依的大地。具此诸德，便积聚了正当得来的名声宝藏（yaśas）。
Word by Word
जितरोषरयाःhaving conquered anger and haste
जितरोषरयाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त; √जि) + रोष (प्रातिपदिक) + रय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (रोषं रयं च जिताः = having conquered anger and impetuosity)
शूराःheroes/brave ones
शूराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
सौम्यसौंदर्यभूमयःabodes of gentle beauty
सौम्यसौंदर्यभूमयः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसौम्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सौंदर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (सौम्यसौंदर्यस्य भूमयः = abodes/grounds of gentle beauty)
इतिthus
इति:
Discourse marker (वाक्यचिह्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इत्यर्थे अवतरण/उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)
आदिand so forth
आदि:
Discourse marker (वाक्यचिह्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
Formअव्यय; ‘आदि’ = and so on (enumerative)
गुणसंपन्नाःendowed with virtues
गुणसंपन्नाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुण (प्रातिपदिक) + संपन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त; √पद्/√पन् with सम्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (गुणैः संपन्नाः = endowed with qualities)
सुसंचितयशोधनाःwhose wealth is well-stored fame
सुसंचितयशोधनाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु (अव्यय) + संचित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त; √चि with सम्) + यशस् (प्रातिपदिक) + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समासः (सुसंचितं यशो धनं येषां ते)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue style)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Rājārṣi addressee
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A heroic king stands not with raised sword but with lowered weapon, calming a conflict; his face gentle, aura luminous; attendants and citizens witness, and a scroll or garland symbolizes ‘yaśas-dhana’.
FAQs
Strength becomes dharmic when anger is mastered; true ‘wealth’ is the fame born of virtue.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; this is a moral-psychological teaching about conquering anger and cultivating virtues.