Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

योगिन्योपि प्रणम्येशं चक्रुर्मंगलगायनम् । तरणिः प्रणनामाथ प्रमथाधिपतिं हरम्

Transliteration

yoginyopi praṇamyeśaṃ cakrurmaṃgalagāyanam | taraṇiḥ praṇanāmātha pramathādhipatiṃ haram

Translation

Auch die Yoginīs verneigten sich vor dem Herrn und sangen glückverheißende Lieder; dann verneigte sich Taraṇi, die Sonne, vor Hara, dem Herrn der Pramathas.

Word by Word

• 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/even)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having bowed)

• ईशम्: the Lord
• ईशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• चक्रुः: did/performed
• चक्रुः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मङ्गलगायनम्: auspicious singing
• मङ्गलगायनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल-गायन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; मङ्गलस्य गायनम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• तरणिः: the Sun (Taraṇi)
• तरणिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रणनाम: bowed down
• प्रणनाम: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/now)

• प्रमथाधिपतिम्: the lord of the Pramathas
• प्रमथाधिपतिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमथ-अधिपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रमथानाम् अधिपतिः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• हरम्: Hara (Śiva)
• हरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेष्य (apposition to प्रमथाधिपतिम्)

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: Yoginīs form a semicircle, hands in añjali, singing maṅgala; nearby, the radiant Sun-god (Taraṇi/Ravi) bows to Hara, acknowledging him as lord of the Pramathas, while gaṇas stand attentive.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs
• Sūrya (Taraṇi)
• Śiva (Hara)
• Pramathas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious praise and reverence harmonize the cosmos; even the Sun honors the Supreme Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is celebrated as the kṣetra where celestial beings gather for maṅgala-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maṅgala-gāna (auspicious devotional singing) and praṇāma are presented as acts of worship.