Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110
Devanagari script
त्वया कपटरूपेण बलिनः कैटभादयः । न बलेन हताः संख्ये हता एवच्छलेन हि
Transliteration
tvayā kapaṭarūpeṇa balinaḥ kaiṭabhādayaḥ | na balena hatāḥ saṃkhye hatā evacchalena hi
Translation
“你以诡变之形，诛灭了如凯塔婆等强者；并非凭战场之力，而实以谋略与机巧。”
Word by Word
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by you)
कपट-रूपेणwith a deceitful form
कपट-रूपेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकपट (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular; ‘in/with a deceitful form’
बलिनःstrong, mighty
बलिनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootबलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Nominative plural; qualifying ‘kaiṭabhādayaḥ’
कैटभ-आदयःKaiṭabha and others
कैटभ-आदयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकैटभ (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Nominative plural; ‘Kaiṭabha and others’
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय; negation particle
बलेनby strength
बलेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootबल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular
हताःslain
हताः:
Karta (Predicate complement/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootहन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘slain’
संख्येin battle
संख्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसंख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular; ‘in battle’
हताःkilled
हताः:
Karta (Predicate complement/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootहन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; repeated for emphasis
एवindeed, only
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय; emphatic particle
छलेनby trickery
छलेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootछल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात; हेत्वर्थ/समर्थक particle (‘for/indeed’)
Speaker
Narrator quoting a rebuke/argument within the dialogue (speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A divine figure assumes a deceptive form to overcome a mighty asura on a cosmic battlefield; the defeated demon’s pride collapses as dharma is restored.
Characters & Entities
K
KaiṭabhaFAQs
Purāṇic narratives sometimes frame victory as arising from divine strategy, not merely physical might—raising questions of means and dharma.
Indirectly Kāśī, as the teaching context of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse itself is argumentative rather than geographical.
None.