Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

चपलानि विनिर्जित्येंद्रियाणि मनसा सह । विहाय वैरिणं लोभं विष्वग्गुणगणस्य च

Transliteration

capalāni vinirjityeṃdriyāṇi manasā saha | vihāya vairiṇaṃ lobhaṃ viṣvagguṇagaṇasya ca

Translation

Nachdem du die ruhelosen Sinne samt dem Geist bezwungen und den Feind verworfen hast—die Gier, Ursprung zahlloser weltlicher Neigungen—,

Word by Word

• चपलानि: restless
• चपलानि: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चपल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying indriyāṇi)

• विनिर्जित्य: having conquered
• विनिर्जित्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-निर्-जि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), अर्थः—जित्वा (having conquered)

• इन्द्रियाणि: the senses
• इन्द्रियाणि: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• विहाय: having abandoned
• विहाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), त्यक्त्वा (having abandoned)

• वैरिणम्: the enemy
• वैरिणम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष्य (apposition to lobham)

• लोभम्: greed
• लोभम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्वक्: everywhere; all-around
• विष्वक्: Viśeṣaṇa (adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विष्वक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) अर्थः—सर्वतः (everywhere)

• गुणगणस्य: of the multitude of qualities
• गुणगणस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (गुणानां गणः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin-pilgrim seated on a Kāśī ghat at dawn, senses depicted as restless horses being reined in by the mind; greed personified as a shadowy figure dropping coins and nets, cast away into the river.

Characters & Entities

• Indriya
• Manas
• Lobha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner victory—mastery over senses and greed—is essential for dharmic life and for realizing the liberating promise associated with sacred places like Kāśī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it functions as moral instruction within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s liberation-centered narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it prescribes yogic-ethical discipline: indriya-nigraha (sense restraint) and lobha-tyāga (renunciation of greed).