Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

यस्य हस्तौ च पादौ च मनश्चैव सुसंयतम् । निर्विकाराः क्रियाः सर्वाः स हि तीर्थफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaścaiva susaṃyatam | nirvikārāḥ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ sa hi tīrthaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Celui dont les mains et les pieds—et même l’esprit—sont parfaitement maîtrisés, et dont toutes les actions sont sans trouble ni altération, celui-là obtient véritablement le fruit des tīrtha sacrés.

Word by Word

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive singular; relative pronoun)

• hastau: (the) two hands
• hastau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (masc nominative dual)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• pādau: (the) two feet
• pādau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (masc nominative dual)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (neuter nominative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• su-saṃyatam: well-controlled
• su-saṃyatam: Kriya (Predicate adjective/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + saṃyata (प्रातिपदिक; √yam)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (neuter nominative singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) √yam (यम्): restrained; अव्ययीभावः: su + saṃyata (well-restrained)

• nirvikārāḥ: unchanged/without disturbance
• nirvikārāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-vikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (feminine nominative plural); तत्पुरुषः: nir + vikāra (without modification)

• kriyāḥ: actions
• kriyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (feminine nominative plural)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (feminine nominative plural)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masc nominative singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतु-निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• tīrtha-phalam: the fruit of (visiting) sacred places
• tīrtha-phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter accusative singular); तत्पुरुषः: tīrthasya phalam (fruit of pilgrimage)

• labhet: would obtain
• labhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (लभ्) धातु
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (optative, 3rd sg)

Speaker

Suhṛdaya (deduced from immediate surrounding dialogue context in Adhyāya 64)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ideal pilgrim stands at the tīrtha with composed posture, hands and feet clean, eyes lowered in meditation; the water reflects his calm mind like a mirror.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The true merit of tīrthas arises from disciplined body and mind, not mere travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is singled out; the verse defines the inner qualification for all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The ‘prescription’ is ethical and yogic: restrain hands, feet, and mind; keep actions pure and untainted.