Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

नित्यं सोमकलापूर्णं शरीरं यस्य योगिनः । तक्षकेणापि दष्टस्य विषं तस्य न सर्पति

Transliteration

nityaṃ somakalāpūrṇaṃ śarīraṃ yasya yoginaḥ | takṣakeṇāpi daṣṭasya viṣaṃ tasya na sarpati

Translation

Le yogin dont le corps est sans cesse rempli de l’essence lunaire—fraîche vitalité d’amṛta—, même mordu par Takṣaka, voit son venin ne point se répandre en lui.

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• सोमकला-पूर्णम्: filled with the digits/phases of Soma (moon)
• सोमकला-पूर्णम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोमकला (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (śarīram इति)

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (genitive relative pronoun)

• योगिनः: of the yogin
• योगिनः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तक्षकेण: by Takṣaka (the serpent)
• तक्षकेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphatic ‘even’)

• दष्टस्य: of (one) bitten
• दष्टस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दंश् (धातु) → दष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘(one) who is bitten’

• विषम्: poison
• विषम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (genitive demonstrative pronoun)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• सर्पति: spreads/moves
• सर्पति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सर्प् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene yogin seated in padmāsana, moonlight-like nectar radiating through nāḍīs; Takṣaka’s bite is shown but the poison halts at the skin, while a cool lunar aura surrounds the yogin.

Characters & Entities

• Takṣaka
• Soma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yogic steadiness and inner nectar-like vitality are portrayed as granting extraordinary resilience, symbolizing mastery over bodily fear and harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider context is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where yogic practice is praised as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights yogic attainment (sādhana) and its protective fruit.