Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमे निष्ठो ब्रह्मयज्ञरतःसदा । शांडिल्यगोत्रः शुचिमान्ब्रह्मतेजो निधिर्वशी

Transliteration

brahmacaryāśrame niṣṭho brahmayajñarataḥsadā | śāṃḍilyagotraḥ śucimānbrahmatejo nidhirvaśī

Translation

അവൻ ബ്രഹ്മചര്യാശ്രമത്തിൽ അചഞ്ചലനായി, സദാ ബ്രഹ്മയജ്ഞത്തിൽ (വേദാധ്യയനം–സ്വാധ്യായം) രതനായി; ശാണ്ഡില്യഗോത്രജനായി, ശുചിയായും വശിയായും ബ്രഹ്മതേജസ്സിന്റെ നിധിയായും നിലകൊണ്ടു।

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मचर्य-आश्रमे: in the brahmacarya-āśrama (student stage)
• ब्रह्मचर्य-आश्रमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मचर्यस्य आश्रमः)

• निष्ठः: steadfast
• निष्ठः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (मुनिः/विश्वानरः)

• ब्रह्मयज्ञ-रतः: engaged in Brahma-yajña (Vedic study/recitation)
• ब्रह्मयज्ञ-रतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मयज्ञ + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मयज्ञे रतः); विशेषण

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• शाण्डिल्य-गोत्रः: of the Śāṇḍilya lineage
• शाण्डिल्य-गोत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाण्डिल्य + गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शाण्डिल्यस्य गोत्रम्)

• शुचिमान्: pure
• शुचिमान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि + मतुप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण

• ब्रह्मतेजः: Brahmic splendor, spiritual radiance
• ब्रह्मतेजः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः तेजः)

• निधिः: treasure, repository
• निधिः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपमा/समानाधिकरण (ब्रह्मतेजः-निधिः)

• वशी: self-controlled
• वशी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Gaṇas (narrating)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience of ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage in a simple hermitage near the river, holding a palm-leaf manuscript or rosary, with a small sacred fire (for daily rites) and students or ritual implements indicating brahma-yajña; his posture conveys restraint and luminous calm.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvānara (implied)
• Śāṇḍilya gotra
• Brahma-yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline, purity, and daily sacred study (brahma-yajña) are praised as pillars of dharma that generate spiritual radiance (tejas).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Narmadā–Narmapur setting, portraying it as a landscape supportive of strict āśrama-dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Brahma-yajña is highlighted—regular recitation/study of Vedic and sacred texts as a dharmic duty.