Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तन्मोहस्य निदानं ताःसम्यगेव विचार्य च । उपचेरुर्महाशांतैरुपचारैरनाकुलम्

Transliteration

tanmohasya nidānaṃ tāḥsamyageva vicārya ca | upacerurmahāśāṃtairupacārairanākulam

Translation

Ayant bien médité la cause de son égarement, elles la servirent—calmes et sans trouble—par des soins et des remèdes apaisants, dispensateurs de grande paix.

Word by Word

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन (Genitive/6th); (of that) — समासपूर्वपदत्वेन

• मोहस्य: of delusion
• मोहस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• निदानम्: cause, reason
• निदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative/2nd)

• ताः: they (women)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative/1st; Plural)

• सम्यक्: properly, thoroughly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यथावत्/सम्यगर्थे (properly)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/only)

• विचार्य: having considered
• विचार्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive); अव्ययभाव (having considered)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• उपचेरुः: they attended/served
• उपचेरुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; बहुवचन; (they attended/served)

• महाशान्तैः: with very soothing
• महाशान्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + शान्त (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन (Instrumental/3rd); समास: कर्मधारय (महान्तः शान्ताः)

• उपचारैः: attentions, treatments
• उपचारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन

• अनाकुलम्: untroubled, unconfused
• अनाकुलम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्मपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; (qualifying implied object: her/mind)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Attendants confer briefly, identify the cause of the lady’s delusion, and begin gentle nursing—cooling, calming, and orderly—no panic, only quiet competence.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (implied setting)
• sakhīḥ (female companions, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma expresses itself as composed, intelligent service—first understanding the cause, then offering soothing care.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī as a sacred field of dharma is implicit; this verse does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No snāna/dāna/japa is described; the ‘upacāra’ here is practical, compassionate tending.