Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

मनसः स्थैर्यमापन्नमिव संप्राप्तसिद्धिना । अवश्यं त्वन्मुखांभोजाद्यद्वचो निःसरिष्यति

Transliteration

manasaḥ sthairyamāpannamiva saṃprāptasiddhinā | avaśyaṃ tvanmukhāṃbhojādyadvaco niḥsariṣyati

Translation

મારું મન જાણે સિદ્ધિ પ્રાપ્ત થઈ હોય તેમ સ્થિર થયું છે; નિશ્ચયે તમારા કમળમુખમાંથી નીકળતા વચનો અવશ્ય ફળદાયક થશે।

Word by Word

• manasaḥ: of the mind
• manasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Case 6), एकवचन

• sthairyam: steadiness; firmness
• sthairyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthairya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन

• āpannam: attained; obtained
• āpannam: Kriyā (Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√pad (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'sthairyam' इत्यस्य विशेषण/विधेय

• iva: as if
• iva: Upamāna-sūcaka (Comparative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमा-सूचक (comparative particle)

• saṃprāpta-siddhinā: by (the sense of) attained success
• saṃprāpta-siddhinā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃ-√prāp (धातु) + kta (कृत्) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Case 3), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: संप्राप्ता सिद्धिः येन (by attained success)

• avaśyam: certainly
• avaśyam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: avaśyam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक (adverb: certainly)

• tvat-mukha-aṃbhojāt: from your lotus-face
• tvat-mukha-aṃbhojāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃbhoja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Case 5), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: त्वत्-मुखम् (your face) + अम्भोज (lotus) → 'your lotus-face' (locution), पञ्चमी अपादान

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• vacaḥ: word; speech
• vacaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन

• niḥsariṣyati: will come forth; will issue out
• niḥsariṣyati: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nis-√sṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified seeker (listener addressing Garga, contextually Damanā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close devotional moment: the seeker gazes at the Lord’s lotus-like mouth, feeling inner steadiness; the teacher’s face is serene, speech about to flow like nectar.

Characters & Entities

• Garga (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śraddhā in the teacher’s upadeśa stabilizes the mind and becomes the gateway to attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the broader Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame points to Avimukta (Kāśī) as the siddhi-giving field.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it emphasizes receptivity to the guru’s speech.