Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

इति चिंतामहाभारं त्यक्त्वा तस्थौ स्थिरोद्यमः । आकांक्षमाणस्तरणे रुदयं ब्राह्मणो यथा

Transliteration

iti ciṃtāmahābhāraṃ tyaktvā tasthau sthirodyamaḥ | ākāṃkṣamāṇastaraṇe rudayaṃ brāhmaṇo yathā

Translation

इस प्रकार चिंता के महाभार को त्यागकर वह दृढ़ उद्योग वाला स्थिर खड़ा रहा—जैसे हृदय में सूर्य के पार होने की प्रतीक्षा करता ब्राह्मण।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यादि-निपात (quotative/thus)

• ciṃtā-mahā-bhāram: the great burden of worry
• ciṃtā-mahā-bhāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ciṃtā (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (महान् भारः) + षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भावः ‘चिन्तायाः महाभारः’ → ‘great burden of worry’

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) ‘having abandoned’

• tasthau: stood/remained
• tasthau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘stood/remained’

• sthira-udyamaḥ: steadfast in effort
• sthira-udyamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthira (प्रातिपदिक) + udyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘स्थिरः उद्यमः यस्य’ (as adjective: steadfast in effort)

• ākāṃkṣamāṇaḥ: desiring
• ākāṃkṣamāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kāṅkṣ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (parasmaipada) ‘desiring/expecting’

• taraṇe: in crossing
• taraṇe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘in crossing/at the crossing’ (context: in the act of crossing)

• rudayam: rudayaṃ (textual; uncertain)
• rudayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (पाठभेद/अर्थसन्देहः) ‘rudaya’ as object; likely intended ‘hṛdayam’ (heart) or ‘udayaṃ’ (rising) in some recensions

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Upamana/Drishtanta (Example-subject/दृष्टान्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘a Brahmin’

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Upamana (Simile-marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमानवाचक (as/just as)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; within Kāśīkhaṇḍa often Skanda’s discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler-sage stands composed at riverbank at dawn, eyes fixed toward the rising Sun, anxiety cast off; the river current suggests ‘crossing’ and auspicious timing.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Taraṇi/Sun (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Release anxiety and stand steady in dharmic effort; inner firmness enables the right course of action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.