Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

मौलिचालनमात्रेण योगिन्योपि प्रसादिताः । संतोषितो रविश्चापि विशेति करसंज्ञया

Transliteration

maulicālanamātreṇa yoginyopi prasāditāḥ | saṃtoṣito raviścāpi viśeti karasaṃjñayā

Translation

Par le seul mouvement de la couronne, simple signe d’assentiment, les Yoginīs furent elles aussi apaisées et comblées de grâce ; et Ravi, le Soleil, satisfait, entra, sur l’indication du mudrā de la main du Seigneur.

Word by Word

• मौलिचालनमात्रेण: by mere movement of the head
• मौलिचालनमात्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौलि-चालन-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; मौलेः चालनम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष + मात्र (only/merely): ‘by merely moving the head/crest’

• योगिन्यः: the yoginīs
• योगिन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also)

• प्रसादिताः: were pleased
• प्रसादिताः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-सा-दित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (context: स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा बहुवचन understood), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘pleased/propitiated’ — योगिन्यः इति विशेषणम्

• संतोषितः: satisfied
• संतोषितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-तोषित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (satisfied) — रविः इति विशेषणम्

• रविः: the Sun (Ravi)
• रविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also)

• विशेति: enters/goes in
• विशेति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-शि (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• करसंज्ञया: by a hand-signal
• करसंज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर-संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करस्य संज्ञा इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; ‘by the hand-signal’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-seeker interlocutors of Kāśī-māhātmya (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva slightly inclines his crown—an understated acknowledgment; Yoginīs brighten with satisfaction; the Sun-god, content, proceeds inward as Śiva signals with a gentle hand-gesture, maintaining calm order in the assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs
• Sūrya (Ravi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can flow through the slightest acknowledgment; subtle gestures can carry profound blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī-kṣetra is the implied sanctum where divine presence and favor are vividly narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it highlights respectful gestures (saṃjñā) as part of sacred conduct.