Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

पीततद्गीतपीयूष मृगपूगैरुपासितम् । महामोदभराक्रांत वातचांचल्यहारिणम्

Transliteration

pītatadgītapīyūṣa mṛgapūgairupāsitam | mahāmodabharākrāṃta vātacāṃcalyahāriṇam

Translation

Scharen von Hirschen, die den Nektar seines Gesanges getrunken hatten, dienten ihm; von großer Freude überwältigt, wurden sie der windgleichen, ruhelos wechselhaften Unbeständigkeit des Geistes ledig.

Word by Word

• पीत: drunk, imbibed
• पीत: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (कृदन्त; √पा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त

• तद्: that
• तद्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• गीत: song, sung (thing)
• गीत: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (कृदन्त; √गै (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• पीयूष: nectar, ambrosia
• पीयूष: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• मृग: deer, animals
• मृग: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (compound member)

• पूगैः: by groups, by multitudes
• पूगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• उपासितम्: worshipped, attended
• उपासितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपासित (कृदन्त; उप-आ-√आस् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त

• महा: great
• महा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-पूर्वपद; समासे विशेषण (great)

• मोद: joy, delight
• मोद: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• भर: weight, load
• भर: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• आक्रान्त: overcome, seized
• आक्रान्त: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आक्रान्त (कृदन्त; आ-√क्रम् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त

• वात: wind
• वात: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• चाञ्चल्य: restlessness, fickleness
• चाञ्चल्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाञ्चल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound member)

• हारिणम्: removing, dispelling
• हारिणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ (धातु) + णिनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘removing/taking away’ agent-noun used adjectivally

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Deer gather calmly around the singer-preacher, as if drinking nectar from his melody; the air feels still, the usual skittishness gone.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred song and dharmic sound can pacify agitation and turn even instinct-driven beings toward serenity and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred landscape; the verse uses nature imagery to reflect Kāśī’s sanctifying spiritual atmosphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription is stated, but the verse implicitly praises devotional singing/recitation (gīta/kīrtana) as spiritually transformative.