Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

तावत्तताप स तपस्त्वगस्थिपरिशेषितम् । यावद्बभूव तद्वर्ष्म वर्षाणामयुतं शतम्

Transliteration

tāvattatāpa sa tapastvagasthipariśeṣitam | yāvadbabhūva tadvarṣma varṣāṇāmayutaṃ śatam

Translation

គាត់បានធ្វើតបៈរហូតដល់សល់តែស្បែកនិងឆ្អឹង; ហើយគាត់បានអត់ធ្មត់បន្តទៅ ដល់ពេលដែលរាងកាយរបស់គាត់ទ្រាំបានយ៉ាងនោះអស់រយសែនឆ្នាំ។

Word by Word

• तावत्: so long; for that duration
• तावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Extent/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक-अव्यय (correlative adverb: ‘so long/so much’)

• तताप: performed austerity; heated (himself)
• तताप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तपः: austerity; penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वगस्थिपरिशेषितम्: leaving only skin and bones; reduced to skin and bone
• त्वगस्थिपरिशेषितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वच्-अस्थि-परिशेषित (प्रातिपदिक; त्वच् + अस्थि + परिशेषित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘परिशेषित’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from √शिष्/√शेष (to remain) with परि-; विशेषणम् (to ‘तपः’)

• यावत्: until; as long as
• यावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Limit/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धसूचक-अव्यय (correlative: ‘until/as long as’)

• बभूव: became; came to be
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणम् (to ‘वर्ष्म’)

• वर्ष्म: body; form
• वर्ष्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• अयुतं: ten thousand
• अयुतं: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (numeral)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An emaciated ascetic seated in unwavering posture, ribs visible, matted hair, surrounded by the slow passage of ages—seasons cycling, stars wheeling—yet he remains fixed in austerity.

Characters & Entities

• Tapas (austerity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas is portrayed as a transformative force—purifying and empowering the seeker through extreme endurance and steadfastness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves as a narrative emphasis on austerity within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it describes prolonged tapas (austerity) as a spiritual practice.