Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

सुखेन तिष्ठ का चिंता मयि जीवति ते प्रिये । इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सास्थिता मूकवत्सती

Transliteration

sukhena tiṣṭha kā ciṃtā mayi jīvati te priye | iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sāsthitā mūkavatsatī

Translation

ຢູ່ຢ່າງສະບາຍເຖີດ; ທີ່ຮັກ, ເມື່ອຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຍັງມີຊີວິດ ເຈົ້າຈະກັງວົນອັນໃດ? ໄດ້ຍິນຄໍານັ້ນແລ້ວ ນາງກໍນິ່ງຢູ່ ດັ່ງຄົນຖືກປິດວາຈາ.

Word by Word

• सुखेन: with ease; comfortably
• सुखेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण-भावे (adverbial instrumental)

• तिष्ठ: stand/stay
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• का: what? which?
• का: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• चिन्ता: worry
• चिन्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• जीवति: (while I) live
• जीवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: to you; for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• तत्-वचनम्: that statement
• तत्-वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tasya vacanam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having heard’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्थिता: stood; remained
• अस्थिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु) → आस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘stood/remained’

• मूक-वत्: like a mute (person)
• मूक-वत्: Sambandha (Simile/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मूक (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (like/as)

• सती: being (so); as she was
• सती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक; present participle of अस्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘being’ (context: she)

Speaker

Śyena (hawk), addressing his mate; narrator continues

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārāvatī (mate)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The hawk consoles his beloved; she becomes motionless and mute, conveying shock, fear, or overwhelmed trust.

Characters & Entities

• Śyena (hawk)
• Pārāvatī (female bird/mate)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protection and responsibility calm fear; dharma includes reassuring and safeguarding those who depend on you.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly; the wider Kāśī Khaṇḍa context frames Kāśī as a refuge, but this verse itself is interpersonal narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.