Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

धिया पश्यंति हृदये सोयमद्य समीक्ष्यताम् । यं विदुर्वेदतत्त्वज्ञा योगिनो यतमानसाः

Transliteration

dhiyā paśyaṃti hṛdaye soyamadya samīkṣyatām | yaṃ vidurvedatattvajñā yogino yatamānasāḥ

Translation

Celui qu’ils contemplent dans le cœur par une intelligence purifiée—que ce même Être soit vu aujourd’hui de nos yeux ouverts : Celui que connaissent les connaisseurs de la vérité védique, les yogins à l’esprit maîtrisé.

Word by Word

• dhiyā: by (their) intellect
• dhiyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• paśyanti: they see
• paśyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• hṛdaye: in the heart
• hṛdaye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ayam: this (very one)
• ayam: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• adya: today/now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• samīkṣyatām: let (him) be beheld/observed
• samīkṣyatām: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (let him be seen / let it be observed)

• yam: whom
• yam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• viduḥ: they know
• viduḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• vedatattvajñāḥ: knowers of Vedic truth
• vedatattvajñāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda + tattva + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वेदस्य तत्त्वं जानन्ति = ‘knowers of the truth of the Veda’)

• yoginaḥ: yogins
• yoginaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• yatamānasāḥ: with controlled minds
• yatamānasāḥ: Kartṛ (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yata + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक; √yat (धातु) + क्त/भाव + mānasa)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (यतं मानसं येषाम् = ‘whose minds are disciplined/controlled’)

Speaker

Hari (Viṣṇu) (continuing stuti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic yet serene ‘revelation’ moment: a seeker who has long seen the Lord within the heart now beholds the same Lord outwardly—eyes open—standing in a shrine or as a luminous presence over the Ganga; the heart-lotus and the external deity visually echo each other.

Characters & Entities

• Veda-tattva-jñāḥ
• Yogins
• Supreme Lord (addressed deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner realization and outer darśana converge: the Lord known in meditation is the same Lord encountered in sacred revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī Khaṇḍa frame elevates Kāśī by linking its divine presence to the highest yogic and Vedic realization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yogic discipline (restrained mind) and contemplative seeing in the heart are recommended modes of approach.