Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

तपांते वृष्टिसंयोगाच्छालूर इव कोटरे । उल्ललास स योगींद्रः स्पर्शमात्रात्तदब्जजात्

Transliteration

tapāṃte vṛṣṭisaṃyogācchālūra iva koṭare | ullalāsa sa yogīṃdraḥ sparśamātrāttadabjajāt

Translation

Au terme de ses austérités, par le seul contact de ce lotus, le seigneur des yogins bondit, tel le chālūra dans un creux lorsqu’il reçoit l’union de la pluie.

Word by Word

• तपः-अन्ते: at the end of austerity
• तपः-अन्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• वृष्टिसंयोगात्: from the conjunction with rain; due to rainfall
• वृष्टिसंयोगात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• शालूरः: a frog (śālūra)
• शालूरः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इव: like, as
• इव: Upama-dyotaka (Comparator marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमावाचक (comparative particle)

• कोटरे: in a hollow
• कोटरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• उल्ललास: sprang up; revived
• उल्ललास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-लस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• योगीन्द्रः: lord of yogins; great yogi
• योगीन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्पर्शमात्रात्: from mere touch
• स्पर्शमात्रात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• तत्: from that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अब्जजात्: from the lotus-born thing (lotus)
• अब्जजात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्ज (प्रातिपदिक) + जात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda-context narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The yogīndra, previously motionless and dried by austerity, suddenly springs up at the lotus’ touch; the simile evokes a plant in a hollow leaping forth when rain arrives—dynamic contrast of stillness and sudden life.

Characters & Entities

• Jaigīṣavya (yogīndra)
• Divine lotus
• Rainfall simile

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When tapas reaches its fruition, grace can arise suddenly—reviving the devotee as rain revives life in parched places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ascetic’s cave-setting (within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa story-world) is treated as a place where divine intervention manifests.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the efficacy of the lotus-touch as a consecrated act; no separate vow or offering is stated here.