Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
Devanagari script
गते मुनौ निनिंदस्वमतीवोद्विग्नमानसः । चिन्तामवाप महतीं विंध्यो र्वंध्यमनोरथः
Transliteration
gate munau niniṃdasvamatīvodvignamānasaḥ | cintāmavāpa mahatīṃ viṃdhyo rvaṃdhyamanorathaḥ
Translation
മുനി പോയശേഷം, അത്യന്തം വ്യാകുലമായ മനസ്സോടെ വിന്ധ്യൻ സ്വയം തന്നെ നിന്ദിച്ചു; അവന്റെ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ ഫലമില്ലാതായി, അവൻ മഹാചിന്തയിൽ ആകപ്പെട്ടു।
Word by Word
गतेwhen (he) had gone
गते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle) used in सति-सप्तमी; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘when (he) had gone’
मुनौ(with) the sage (gone)
मुनौ:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी
निनिन्दcensured / blamed
निनिन्द:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + √निन्द् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
स्वम्himself
स्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; आत्मवाचक
अतीवexceedingly
अतीव:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतीव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; तीव्रतावाचक (intensifier adverb)
उद्विग्नमानसःhaving an agitated mind
उद्विग्नमानसः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्विग्न-मानस (प्रातिपदिक; उद् + √विज्/√द्विज्? (धातु) + क्त; + मानस)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; उद्विग्न = ‘agitated’ (P.P.P.), मानस = ‘mind’
चिन्ताम्worry
चिन्ताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
अवापattained / fell into
अवाप:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअव + √आप् (धातु; ‘to obtain/attain’)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
महतीम्great
महतीम्:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चिन्ताम्)
विन्ध्यःVindhya (mountain)
विन्ध्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविन्ध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
वन्ध्यमनोरथःwhose desire was futile
वन्ध्यमनोरथः:
Karta (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवन्ध्य-मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक; वन्ध्य + मनोरथ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विन्ध्यः)
Speaker
Narrator
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Vindhya (as giri-persona)
Type: peak
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame implied)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: After the sage’s departure, Vindhya is shown as a brooding, personified mountain—head lowered, clouds gathering—consumed by self-blame and heavy anxiety, his aspirations rendered barren.
Characters & Entities
V
VindhyaM
MuniFAQs
Agitation and self-blame arise when ambition is driven by ego rather than dharma.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.