Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यस्य संवीक्षणादेव मनोमेतीव हृष्टवत् । इहैव रमते नाथ कथयैतत्प्रसादतः

Transliteration

yasya saṃvīkṣaṇādeva manometīva hṛṣṭavat | ihaiva ramate nātha kathayaitatprasādataḥ

Translation

بمجرّد النظر إليه يصيرُ العقلُ كأنّه سكرانُ فرحًا، ويهنأ هنا بعينه. يا ربّ، تفضّلْ عليّ برحمتك وأخبرني عن هذا.

Word by Word

• yasya: of whom/whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• saṃvīkṣaṇāt: from (his) seeing/looking
• saṃvīkṣaṇāt: Apadana (Source/cause-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvīkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; √īkṣ ‘to see’ with saṃ-)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• manaḥ: the mind
• manaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• meti: seems to know/measure
• meti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mā (धा; ‘to measure/know’)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातुः √mā; रूपम्: मेति

• iva: as if
• iva: Sambandha (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• hṛṣṭa-vat: like one delighted
• hṛṣṭa-vat: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √hṛṣ ‘to rejoice’) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; विशेषणम् (like one who is delighted)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• ramate: delights/enjoys
• ramate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ram (धा; ‘to delight/enjoy’)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• nātha: O lord
• nātha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kathaya: tell (me)
• kathaya: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धा; ‘to tell’)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prasādataḥ: by (your) grace
• prasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (by/through grace)

Speaker

Bhavānī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (Pārvatī) beholds the blazing sacred form; her expression turns rapt and joyful, as if intoxicated, and she petitions Śiva to explain out of compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• Śiva
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred vision (darśana) can directly uplift the mind into joy, indicating the hidden potency of holy places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaileśvara in Kāśī, whose darśana immediately delights and elevates the mind.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is darśana with devotion; no formal rite is specified.