Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

चक्रिभिर्गदिभिर्जुष्टं खड्गिभिश्चापि शार्ङ्गिभिः । वीरभद्रस्ततः प्राह दृष्ट्वा तं दैत्यसूदनम्

Transliteration

cakribhirgadibhirjuṣṭaṃ khaḍgibhiścāpi śārṅgibhiḥ | vīrabhadrastataḥ prāha dṛṣṭvā taṃ daityasūdanam

Translation

其周遭环列执轮者、执杵者、执剑者，亦有执弓者；毗罗跋陀罗见那代底耶之诛灭者（毗湿奴），遂开口而言。

Word by Word

• चक्रिभिः: by those bearing discs
• चक्रिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• गदिभिः: by those bearing maces
• गदिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• जुष्टम्: adorned / attended
• जुष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जुष् (धातु) → जुष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तम्/शार्ङ्गिणम्)

• खड्गिभिः: by sword-bearers
• खड्गिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-निपात (also/even)

• शार्ङ्गिभिः: by Śārṅga-bearers (bow-bearers)
• शार्ङ्गिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्ङ्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• वीरभद्रः: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (thereupon/then)

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): having seen

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दैत्यसूदनम्: the slayer of demons
• दैत्यसूदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानां सूदनः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutors/audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense protective ring of Viṣṇu’s attendants: some hold cakras, some gadās, some swords, others bows; Vīrabhadra stands forward, poised to speak, tension held before action.

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Viṣṇu
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine protects dharma through disciplined power; weapons symbolize virtues marshaled against adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting frames the narration, though this verse is not a direct tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces Vīrabhadra’s address to Viṣṇu.