Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अनया विष्णुभक्त्या ते संतुष्टेंद्रियमानसः । उपकर्तुमना ब्रूयां तन्निशामय भूपते

Transliteration

anayā viṣṇubhaktyā te saṃtuṣṭeṃdriyamānasaḥ | upakartumanā brūyāṃ tanniśāmaya bhūpate

Translation

By this devotion of yours to Viṣṇu, your senses and mind have become serene and satisfied. Wishing to do you a good turn, I shall speak—listen carefully, O king.

Word by Word

• anayā: by this
• anayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक (fem. instr. sg.)

• viṣṇu-bhaktyā: by devotion to Viṣṇu
• viṣṇu-bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (viṣṇoḥ bhaktiḥ) (fem. instr. sg.)

• te: for you / to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; enclitic (dat. sg.)

• saṃtuṣṭa-indriya-mānasaḥ: whose senses and mind are satisfied
• saṃtuṣṭa-indriya-mānasaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃtuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ तुष्) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘संतुष्टे इन्द्रिये मनश्च यस्य सः’ (masc. nom. sg.)

• upakartu-manāḥ: intending to help
• upakartu-manāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upakartu (कृदन्त; √kṛ कृ + upa) + manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘उपकर्तुं मनः यस्य सः’ (masc. nom. sg.)

• brūyām: I would tell / may I say
• brūyām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (1st sg. opt.)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• niśāmaya: listen / pay attention
• niśāmaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śam (शम्) with ni- (नि)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (2nd sg. imp.)

• bhūpate: O king
• bhūpate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (voc. sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to a royal listener/Agastya-context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśīkṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (bhūpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage addresses a king with calm authority, praising his Viṣṇu-bhakti and inviting attentive listening; a quiet āśrama or palace-hall setting with devotional ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• King (Bhūpati)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Viṣṇu steadies the senses and mind, making one fit to receive higher guidance and beneficent counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself is a transitional instruction rather than a direct tīrtha-praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it emphasizes inner discipline through bhakti as the basis for dhārmic instruction.