Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

विपद्यपि परं धैर्यं स्थैर्यं संपत्समागमे । गांभीर्यं वाग्विलासेषु औदार्यं पात्रपाणिषु

Transliteration

vipadyapi paraṃ dhairyaṃ sthairyaṃ saṃpatsamāgame | gāṃbhīryaṃ vāgvilāseṣu audāryaṃ pātrapāṇiṣu

Translation

災厄にあっては至高の勇気、繁栄が来れば揺るがぬ堅固さ、戯れの言葉にも失われぬ威厳と深み、そして手を差し伸べるに足る者への寛大な施し—これらは正しき者の調和した徳として尊ばれる。

Word by Word

• विपदि: in adversity
• विपदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/अपवादार्थक-निपात (particle: even/also)

• परम्: supreme, great
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying धैर्यम्)

• धैर्यम्: courage, fortitude
• धैर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• स्थैर्यम्: steadfastness
• स्थैर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• संपत्: prosperity
• संपत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as member in compound)

• समागमे: at the arrival
• समागमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः: संपत्-समागमे (at the coming of prosperity)

• गाम्भीर्यम्: gravity, depth
• गाम्भीर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाम्भीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as member in compound)

• विलासेषु: in verbal expressions
• विलासेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः: वाग्-विलासेषु (in the play/ornament of speech)

• औदार्यम्: generosity
• औदार्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औदार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पात्र: worthy recipient, vessel
• पात्र: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as member in compound)

• पाणिषु: in (worthy) hands
• पाणिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः: पात्र-पाणिषु (in hands [that give] to worthy recipients / in the hands of recipients)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (virtue as inner tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A righteous person stands calm amid a storm (adversity), then remains humble amid wealth (prosperity); in a social gathering he speaks with measured grace; finally he offers gifts to a deserving supplicant with open-handed generosity.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is balance: brave in hardship, steady in success, dignified in speech, and generous to the deserving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tirtha; it is part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna to worthy recipients (pātra) is implied as a dharmic practice.