Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

निगृहीतेंद्रियग्रामो यत्रैव च वसेन्नरः । तत्र तस्य कुरुक्षेत्रं नैमिषं पुष्कराणि च

Transliteration

nigṛhīteṃdriyagrāmo yatraiva ca vasennaraḥ | tatra tasya kurukṣetraṃ naimiṣaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca

Translation

Là où un homme demeure, tenant en bride la troupe de ses sens, ce lieu même devient pour lui Kurukṣetra, Naimiṣa et Puṣkara aussi.

Word by Word

• निगृहीत-इन्द्रिय-ग्रामः: one whose group of senses is restrained
• निगृहीत-इन्द्रिय-ग्रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निगृहीत (ग्रह् धातु, क्त कृदन्त) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (इन्द्रियाणां ग्रामः) + उपपद-विशेषण (निगृहीतः)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• वसेत्: should dwell
• वसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: 'there')

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुरुक्षेत्रम्: Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रम्: Pradhana/Predicate nominative (विशेष्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कुरूणां क्षेत्रम्)

• नैमिषम्: Naimiṣa
• नैमिषम्: Pradhana/Predicate nominative (विशेष्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैमिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• पुष्कराणि: Puṣkara (holy places)
• पुष्कराणि: Pradhana/Predicate nominative (विशेष्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānasa-tīrtha (inner sanctification) equated in merit to Kurukṣetra–Naimiṣa–Puṣkara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder or ascetic seated calmly in a simple dwelling; senses symbolized as subdued animals (horses/serpents) at his feet; in the background, faint visionary silhouettes of Kurukṣetra, Naimiṣa forest, and Puṣkara lake appear as if superimposed upon his home.

Characters & Entities

• Kurukṣetra
• Naimiṣāraṇya
• Puṣkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha is created by inner discipline; sense-control sanctifies wherever one resides.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kurukṣetra, Naimiṣāraṇya, and Puṣkara are cited as benchmarks of holiness, equated to a disciplined dwelling-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is prescribed; the ‘practice’ emphasized is indriya-nigraha (restraint of the senses).