Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

योगिनो यं हृदाकाशे प्रणिधानेन निश्चलाः । ज्योतीरूपं प्रपश्यंति तस्मै श्रीब्रह्मणे नमः

Transliteration

yogino yaṃ hṛdākāśe praṇidhānena niścalāḥ | jyotīrūpaṃ prapaśyaṃti tasmai śrībrahmaṇe namaḥ

Translation

ಪ್ರಣಿಧಾನದಿಂದ ನಿಶ್ಚಲನಾದ ಯೋಗಿಗಳು ಹೃದಯಾಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಜ್ಯೋತಿರೂಪವಾಗಿ ಯಾರನ್ನು ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಆ ಶ್ರೀಬ್ರಹ್ಮನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.

Word by Word

• योगिनः: yogins
• योगिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yogin (योगिन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (यत्-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• हृदाकाशे: in the heart-space
• हृदाकाशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd + ākāśa (हृद्-प्रातिपदिक + आकाश-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'हृदयस्य आकाशे'

• प्रणिधानेन: by concentration
• प्रणिधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇidhāna (प्रणिधान-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• निश्चलाः: steadfast, unmoving
• निश्चलाः: Karta-dharma (Attribute/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niś-cala (निश्चल-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; योगिनः इति विशेषण

• ज्योतीरूपम्: the form of light
• ज्योतीरूपम्: Karman (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis + rūpa (ज्योतिस्-प्रातिपदिक + रूप-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'ज्योतिषः रूपम्'

• प्रपश्यन्ति: behold clearly
• प्रपश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√paś (पश्-धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• श्रीब्रह्मणे: to glorious Brahmā/Brahman
• श्रीब्रह्मणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + brahman (श्री-प्रातिपदिक + ब्रह्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'श्रीमान् ब्रह्मा/ब्रह्म'

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Salutation/प्रणाम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (नमस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निपातवत् प्रयोग (indeclinable salutation)

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yogins seated in still meditation, eyes half-closed, a radiant orb of light glowing in the heart region; Brahmā/auspicious divinity appears as pure jyoti within.

Characters & Entities

• Yogins
• Brahmā
• Hṛdākāśa (heart-space)
• Jyotis (light)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divinity is realizable inwardly; through steady concentration, the seeker perceives the luminous reality within the heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tirtha; the verse emphasizes the inner pilgrimage (antar-yātrā) within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇidhāna (deep contemplative absorption) is implied as the yogic method.