Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

प्रणमत्सुकुमारेषु व्रीडितोयं मयैकदा । इदानीमपि नो यायामस्य वाक्यान्महामुनेः

Transliteration

praṇamatsukumāreṣu vrīḍitoyaṃ mayaikadā | idānīmapi no yāyāmasya vākyānmahāmuneḥ

Translation

「かつて私は、柔和でかよわき者たちの前で礼拝して頭を垂れたとき、彼によって辱められた。今なお、あの大聖仙（ムニ）の言葉に従い、行くことを拒んではならぬ。」

Word by Word

• praṇamat-sukumāreṣu: among the bowing gentle ones
• praṇamat-sukumāreṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pra√nam (प्रणम् धातु) + praṇamat (शतृ) + sukumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: 'प्रणमतः सुकुमाराः' (the gentle ones who were bowing) इति; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; स्थान/सन्दर्भ

• vrīḍitaḥ: ashamed
• vrīḍitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vrīḍ (व्रीड् धातु) + vrīḍita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'अयम्' विशेषण

• ayam: this (person)/he
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृसाधन

• ekadā: once
• ekadā: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ekadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• yāyām: I should go / would go
• yāyām: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (पाठे 'यायामि' अपेक्षितम्, परन्तु 'यायाम्' इति संक्षेप/पाठान्तर)

• asya: of him; his
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vākyāt: from (his) word/command
• vākyāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे/अपादान

• mahāmuneḥ: of the great sage
• mahāmuneḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: 'महान् मुनिः'; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (reporting Sāmba’s inner thought)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba recalls an earlier moment of public embarrassment while bowing among delicate ladies; now he steels himself, head slightly bowed, to obey the great sage’s words.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Personal discomfort should not override dharmic respect; obedience to a great sage’s word is upheld as right conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it underscores etiquette—bowing, humility, and honoring a muni’s instruction.