Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

स चापि योगी योगेन यदि नाम स्वयं प्रभुः । शरीरात्तस्य निर्गच्छेदस्माकं रोषपालिता

Transliteration

sa cāpi yogī yogena yadi nāma svayaṃ prabhuḥ | śarīrāttasya nirgacchedasmākaṃ roṣapālitā

Translation

And even if that yogin, master of himself, could by yoga depart from his body—still, sustained by our wrath, we shall not yield.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• योगी: a yogin
• योगी: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• योगेन: by yoga
• योगेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-प्रदर्शक-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• नाम: indeed
• नाम: Sambandha (Emphasis particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed/forsooth; often with यदि)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वयम्-शब्दः अव्यय (reflexive adverb: oneself)

• प्रभुः: lord, master
• प्रभुः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शरीरात्: from the body
• शरीरात्: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• निर्गच्छेत्: should depart/come out
• निर्गच्छेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्गम् (धातु: निर् + गम्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive plural)

• रोषपालिताः: nourished/sustained by wrath
• रोषपालिताः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोष + पालित (पा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रोषेण पालिताः = anger-nourished); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (implied subject: we/they)

Speaker

Andhaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker insists that even if the yogin could exit the body by yoga, their wrath-driven force will not relent—an image of spiritual technique contrasted with violent obsession.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Bhārgava (Śukra, implied yogin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yoga is portrayed as real power, yet wrath-driven resolve is spiritually inferior; uncontrolled anger eclipses discernment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse alludes to yogic capability (leaving the body) but gives no sādhana instruction.