Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

समाधिसमये सर्वमिति शृण्वन्नुदारधीः । उन्मील्य नयने यावत्प्रणिधानं विसृज्य च

Transliteration

samādhisamaye sarvamiti śṛṇvannudāradhīḥ | unmīlya nayane yāvatpraṇidhānaṃ visṛjya ca

Translation

Au temps du samādhi, entendant ces paroles, l’âme noble ouvrit les yeux et, l’espace d’un instant, relâcha sa concentration immuable.

Word by Word

• समाधिसमये: at the time of samādhi
• समाधिसमये: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि-समय (प्रातिपदिक; components: समाधि + समय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'समाधेः समये'

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative)

• शृण्वन्: hearing
• शृण्वन्: Karta (agent of hearing)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → शृण्वत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उदारधीः: the noble-minded one
• उदारधीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदार-धी (प्रातिपदिक; components: उदार + धी)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'उदारा धीः यस्य' (as epithet)

• उन्मील्य: having opened
• उन्मील्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+मील् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), धातु: उन्मील् (to open)

• नयने: (his) two eyes
• नयने: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन (two eyes)

• यावत्: as long as / until
• यावत्: Sambandha (limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिबोधक अव्यय (as far as/so long as)

• प्रणिधानम्: concentration / fixed attention
• प्रणिधानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-नि+धा (धातु) → प्रणिधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विसृज्य: having let go
• विसृज्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), धातु: वि+सृज् (to release/abandon)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda to Agastya, contextually)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra (yogic sanctity)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A noble sage in samādhi hears words, gently opens his eyes, and slightly releases his fixed concentration—depicting the subtle transition from inner absorption to outer awareness.

Characters & Entities

• Kardama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deep devotion includes disciplined meditation, yet compassion and responsiveness to dharmic duties remain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, implied as a sanctifying field where devotion and samādhi are naturally supported.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditative absorption (samādhi/praṇidhāna) is referenced, not a formal rite.