Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

परिज्ञाय महादेवं गुरुवाक्यत आगमात् । हर्ष बाष्पाकुलः सन्न कठो रोमांचकंचुकः

Transliteration

parijñāya mahādevaṃ guruvākyata āgamāt | harṣa bāṣpākulaḥ sanna kaṭho romāṃcakaṃcukaḥ

Translation

ഗുരുവചനവും ആഗമപ്രമാണവും വഴി മഹാദേവനെ തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ അവൻ ഹർഷാശ്രുക്കളാൽ വിങ്ങി; രോമാഞ്ചം കൊണ്ട് ദേഹം കഠിനമായി, രോമാഞ്ചം തന്നെയൊരു കഞ്ചുകമായതുപോലെ തോന്നി।

Word by Word

• परिज्ञाय: having understood/recognized
• परिज्ञाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable); धातु: परिज्ञा (परि+ज्ञा)

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः

• गुरुवाक्यतः: from the teacher’s statement
• गुरुवाक्यतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) = 'from'; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गुरोः वाक्यम्) + तः

• आगमात्: from scripture/tradition
• आगमात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative, 5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• हर्ष: joy
• हर्ष: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular) (पाठान्तर/सम्भाव्य: हर्षः)

• बाष्पाकुलः: overwhelmed with tears
• बाष्पाकुलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषवत् अर्थः (बाष्पेण आकुलः)

• सन्: being
• सन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; धातु: अस्

• कठः: stiff/rigid
• कठः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• रोमाञ्चकञ्चुकः: clad in horripilation (as if a garment)
• रोमाञ्चकञ्चुकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रोमाञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + कञ्चुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रोमाञ्चस्य कञ्चुकः)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narrative voice within Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame typical; not stated in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, having just understood Mahādeva’s identity, stands trembling with tears; hair bristles, eyes moist; behind him a guru-like figure or symbolic palm-leaf āgama; Śiva’s presence suggested by liṅga or luminous aura.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Guru
• Āgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right knowledge received through guru and scripture ripens into direct devotion, naturally expressing itself as reverent emotion and inner transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a specific tīrtha in this verse; the surrounding Kāśī-khaṇḍa context frames devotion to Śiva as central to Kāśī’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on pramāṇa (authority) of guru-vākya and āgama.