Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

इति प्रसादमासाद्य शासनं शिरसा वहन् । कृतप्रणामो निर्यातो योगिनीनां गणस्ततः

Transliteration

iti prasādamāsādya śāsanaṃ śirasā vahan | kṛtapraṇāmo niryāto yoginīnāṃ gaṇastataḥ

Translation

かくして御恩寵を受け、御命令を頭上に戴き、ヨーギニーの一団は恭しく礼拝して立ち去った。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative/end marker)

• प्रसादम्: favor, grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having obtained
• आसाद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वार्थक अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having obtained/reached)

• शासनम्: command, order
• शासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• शिरसा: with (his) head
• शिरसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• वहन्: bearing, carrying
• वहन्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Participial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; क्रियासहचर (while bearing)

• कृतप्रणामः: having made obeisance
• कृतप्रणामः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + प्रणाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (गणः); तत्पुरुष (कृतः प्रणामः येन)

• निर्यातः: departed, went out
• निर्यातः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्+या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle used actively); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• योगिनीनाम्: of the Yoginīs
• योगिनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• गणः: the troop, group
• गणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तर/अपादानार्थक (then/thereupon; from that)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda to Agastya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Yoginī troop bows, receives Śiva’s grace, symbolically bears his command upon their heads, and departs in orderly formation—devotion expressed as disciplined action.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (prasāda) is met with humility and disciplined obedience; sacred power is exercised within reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī/Vārāṇasī remains the narrative focus, as the Yoginīs depart to enact Śiva’s will there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; it highlights praṇāma (reverent salutation) as a devotional response to divine command.