Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

निमेषार्धप्रमाणं च कालं तिष्ठति निश्चलः । तत्र यस्तेन वै योगः समभ्यस्तः समाः शतम्

Transliteration

nimeṣārdhapramāṇaṃ ca kālaṃ tiṣṭhati niścalaḥ | tatra yastena vai yogaḥ samabhyastaḥ samāḥ śatam

Translation

من يثبت هناك ساكنًا ولو بمقدار نصف رمشة عين، فبذلك وحده يكون اليوغا المُمارَس هناك معادلًا لمئة سنة من الممارسة في موضعٍ آخر.

Word by Word

• निमेषार्धप्रमाणम्: a measure of half a blink
• निमेषार्धप्रमाणम्: Karma (Measure/object of duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमेष + अर्ध + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (निमेषस्य अर्धं प्रमाणम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कालम्: time
• कालम्: Karma (Object/extent of time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तिष्ठति: stands / remains
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• निश्चलः: motionless
• निश्चलः: Karta (Subject/agent described)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject of relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• तेन: by that / with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• योगः: yoga
• योगः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समभ्यस्तः: well-practised
• समभ्यस्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of yogaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अभि + √अस्/अभ्यस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (practised)

• समाः: years
• समाः: Karma (Extent of time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Visheshana (Numerical qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (numeral)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, addressing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nirvāṇa/Mukti-maṇḍapa precinct (as the efficacious spot)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands or sits perfectly motionless in the sacred pavilion; time seems suspended as the invisible potency of the kṣetra transforms half a blink of stillness into a century of yoga.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Yoga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography magnifies spiritual effort: even a moment of steadiness in Kāśī yields extraordinary yogic fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mandapa/seat described in this adhyāya within Kāśī, where stillness itself becomes highly meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A meditative discipline: remain steady and motionless (niścala) even briefly at that sacred spot.