Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वांऽतर्हिताः सर्वे महात्मानो मुनीश्वराः । वासुदेवमना भूत्वा ध्रुवोपि तपसे गतः

Transliteration

ityuktvāṃ'tarhitāḥ sarve mahātmāno munīśvarāḥ | vāsudevamanā bhūtvā dhruvopi tapase gataḥ

Translation

Dicho esto, todos aquellos grandes señores de los sabios desaparecieron; y Dhruva también, fijando su mente en Vāsudeva, partió a realizar austeridades.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-उक्त्यर्थक

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); वच् धातोः (having said)

• antarhitāḥ: disappeared, became invisible
• antarhitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: antar-hita (अन्तर्हित प्रातिपदिक; धा/हि धातु-निष्पन्न क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता/विधेय); बहुवचन; भूतकालिक विशेषण (disappeared/hidden)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• mahātmānaḥ: great-souled ones
• mahātmānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-ātman (महात्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् आत्मा यस्य)

• munīśvarāḥ: lords among sages
• munīśvarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (मुनि प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (ईश्वर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (munīnām īśvarāḥ)

• vāsudeva-manāḥ: having mind fixed on Vāsudeva
• vāsudeva-manāḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Predicate adjective to subject/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāsudeva (वासुदेव) + manas (मनस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (vāsudeve manaḥ yasya)

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); भू धातोः (having become)

• dhruvaḥ: Dhruva
• dhruvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhruva (ध्रुव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता); एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (also/even)

• tapase: for austerity/penance
• tapase: Sampradana (Dative purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (तपस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान); एकवचन

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having gone)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame typically Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the Purāṇic recital

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The assembled sages fade into light (antardhāna) as Dhruva stands resolute, eyes lowered in concentration, setting out toward a forest hermitage for austerities with Vāsudeva in his heart.

Characters & Entities

• Dhruva
• Vāsudeva
• munīśvaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True instruction culminates in practice: steady God-remembrance leading into disciplined tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it transitions the narrative toward Dhruva’s place of austerity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking tapas with the mind absorbed in Vāsudeva (vāsudeva-manā) is implied as the practice.