Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

न यामि च कथं वाक्यादस्याहं ब्रह्मचारिणः । ज्वलदंगारसंकाश स्फुरत्सर्वांगतेजसः

Transliteration

na yāmi ca kathaṃ vākyādasyāhaṃ brahmacāriṇaḥ | jvaladaṃgārasaṃkāśa sphuratsarvāṃgatejasaḥ

Translation

„Und wenn ich nicht gehe, wie könnte ich die Worte dieses Brahmacārin missachten, dessen lodernde Kraft aus jedem Glied wie glühende Kohlen hervorstrahlt?“

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• yāmi: I go
• yāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• katham: how
• katham: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण

• vākyāt: from (his) word/command
• vākyāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे/अपादान (from the word/command)

• asya: of this (person); his
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• brahmacāriṇaḥ: of the celibate student (sage)
• brahmacāriṇaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmacārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; 'of the brahmacārin'

• jvalat-aṅgāra-saṃkāśa: resembling glowing embers
• jvalat-aṅgāra-saṃkāśa: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jvalat (ज्वल् धातु शतृ) + aṅgāra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (उपमान/निर्धारणार्थ): 'ज्वलदङ्गारवत् संकाशः'; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'ब्रह्मचारिणः' विशेषण

• sphurat-sarvāṅga-tejasaḥ: whose whole-body radiance was flashing
• sphurat-sarvāṅga-tejasaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sphurat (स्फुर् धातु शतृ) + sarva-aṅga (सर्व + अङ्ग) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'सर्वाङ्गस्य तेजः' + शतृ-विशेषण 'स्फुरत्'); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'ब्रह्मचारिणः' विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (reporting Sāmba’s inner thought)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba beholds (or recalls) Nārada’s blazing ascetic radiance—limbs shining like live embers—creating a palpable aura that compels obedience.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas and brahmacarya generate spiritual authority (tejas); dharma counsels reverence and compliance with such saintly instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is character-description within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; brahmacarya is praised indirectly through the image of ascetic tejas.