Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

मौलिचालनमात्रेण योगिन्योपि प्रसादिताः । संतोषितो रविश्चापि विशेति करसंज्ञया

Transliteration

maulicālanamātreṇa yoginyopi prasāditāḥ | saṃtoṣito raviścāpi viśeti karasaṃjñayā

Translation

بمجرد تحريك التاج حركةً يسيرة علامةَ إقرار، رضيت اليوغينيات أيضًا وأفاضت نعمتها؛ وكذلك رافي، إله الشمس، إذ سُرَّ، دخل بإشارة مُدرا يد الرب.

Word by Word

• मौलिचालनमात्रेण: by mere movement of the head
• मौलिचालनमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौलि-चालन-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; मौलेः चालनम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष + मात्र (only/merely): ‘by merely moving the head/crest’

• योगिन्यः: the yoginīs
• योगिन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also)

• प्रसादिताः: were pleased
• प्रसादिताः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-सा-दित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (context: स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा बहुवचन understood), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘pleased/propitiated’ — योगिन्यः इति विशेषणम्

• संतोषितः: satisfied
• संतोषितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-तोषित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (satisfied) — रविः इति विशेषणम्

• रविः: the Sun (Ravi)
• रविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also)

• विशेति: enters/goes in
• विशेति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-शि (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• करसंज्ञया: by a hand-signal
• करसंज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर-संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करस्य संज्ञा इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ‘by the hand-signal’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seeker interlocutors of Kāśī-māhātmya (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva slightly inclines his crown—an understated acknowledgment; Yoginīs brighten with satisfaction; the Sun-god, content, proceeds inward as Śiva signals with a gentle hand-gesture, maintaining calm order in the assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs
• Sūrya (Ravi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can flow through the slightest acknowledgment; subtle gestures can carry profound blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra is the implied sanctum where divine presence and favor are vividly narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it highlights respectful gestures (saṃjñā) as part of sacred conduct.