Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

निर्विस्ममिव मे चेतः सांप्रतं सर्वकर्मसु । विचार्यार्य शुभोदर्कमत आख्याहि सत्तम

Transliteration

nirvismamiva me cetaḥ sāṃprataṃ sarvakarmasu | vicāryārya śubhodarkamata ākhyāhi sattama

Translation

今や私の心は、あらゆる行いに対して無関心になったかのようです。高貴なる方よ、よく思案して、吉祥なる結末をもたらす教えを私にお示しください、善人の中の最勝よ。

Word by Word

• निर्विस्मम्: unastonished, without wonder
• निर्विस्मम्: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्विस्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter nominative/accusative singular; adjective)

• इव: as if, like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (my)

• चेतः: mind
• चेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present
• सांप्रतम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सर्वकर्मसु: in all actions
• सर्वकर्मसु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (all + actions)

• विचार्य: having considered
• विचार्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having considered/reflected’

• आर्य: O noble one
• आर्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• शुभोदर्कम्: having auspicious outcome
• शुभोदर्कम्: Karma (Object-complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ + उदर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (शुभः उदर्कः यस्य/शुभ-फल-युक्तम्)

• मतम्: opinion, counsel
• मतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत (प्रातिपदिक; √मन् ‘to think’ से निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• आख्याहि: tell, declare
• आख्याहि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सत्तम: O best of the good
• सत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; ‘सत्’ + तम (superlative)

Speaker

Rājā (King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A thoughtful king, hands folded, sits slightly bowed before a serene brāhmaṇa-sage in a Kāśī setting; the atmosphere is quiet, with distant ghāṭa steps and a suggestion of the Gaṅgā beyond, emphasizing inner turning and request for auspicious counsel.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dispassion arises, one should seek śubha-upadeśa (auspicious guidance) from a noble, wise person.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Kāśī’s sacred discourse, but this verse does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it requests dharmic guidance aimed at auspicious spiritual outcome.