Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

युक्ताहारविहारश्च युक्तचेष्टो हि कर्मसु । युक्तनिद्रावबोधश्च योगी तत्त्वं प्रपश्यति

Transliteration

yuktāhāravihāraśca yuktaceṣṭo hi karmasu | yuktanidrāvabodhaśca yogī tattvaṃ prapaśyati

Translation

Mesuré dans la nourriture et le délassement, mesuré dans l’effort au sein des actes, et mesuré dans le sommeil et l’éveil, le yogin en vient à voir directement la Réalité (tattva).

Word by Word

• युक्त-आहार-विहारः: moderate in food and recreation
• युक्त-आहार-विहारः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to yogī/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त) + आहार (प्रातिपदिक) + विहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः (आहार-विहार) द्वन्द्व, तदुपरि ‘युक्त’ कर्मधारयार्थे; ‘moderate in diet and recreation’

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

• युक्त-चेष्टः: moderate in activity
• युक्त-चेष्टः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त) + चेष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis/indeed)

• कर्मसु: in actions
• कर्मसु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• युक्त-निद्रा-अवबोधः: moderate in sleep and wakefulness
• युक्त-निद्रा-अवबोधः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to yogī/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त) + निद्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + अवबोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः (निद्रा-अवबोध) द्वन्द्व, तदुपरि ‘युक्त’ कर्मधारयार्थे; ‘moderate in sleep and wakefulness’

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

• योगी: the yogin
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्त्वम्: reality, truth
• तत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रपश्यति: clearly sees
• प्रपश्यति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पश्य् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim-seekers/ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin in Kāśī moving through a balanced day: simple meal, gentle walk by ghāṭas, service at a shrine, then seated meditation at dusk; a subtle inner light indicates tattva-darśana.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Moderation and disciplined rhythm in daily life are presented as the foundation for true yogic insight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī setting, implying that such sādhana bears especially auspicious fruit there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical discipline is prescribed: regulation of diet, activity, work-effort, sleep, and wakeful awareness.