Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

जितकामा जितक्रोधा जितलोभस्पृहास्मिताः । योगीश्वरीं प्रपश्यंति मम शक्तिपरां हिताम्

Transliteration

jitakāmā jitakrodhā jitalobhaspṛhāsmitāḥ | yogīśvarīṃ prapaśyaṃti mama śaktiparāṃ hitām

Translation

കാമം, ക്രോധം, ലോഭം, തൃഷ്ണ, അഹങ്കാരം എന്നിവ ജയിച്ചവർ എന്റെ പരമ ഹിതകരമായ ശക്തിയായ യോഗീശ്വരിയെ പ്രത്യക്ഷമായി ദർശിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• जितकामा: those who have conquered desire
• जितकामा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त; √जि (धातु) + क्त) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणम्; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारयवत्) ‘जितः कामः येषाम्’

• जितक्रोधाः: those who have conquered anger
• जितक्रोधाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त; √जि + क्त) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः ‘जितः क्रोधः येषाम्’

• जितलोभस्पृहास्मिताः: those who have conquered greed, craving, and (vain) smiling/pride
• जितलोभस्पृहास्मिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त; √जि + क्त) + लोभ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्पृहा (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; अन्तर्गत-द्वन्द्वः (लोभ+स्पृहा+स्मित) इव, समस्तार्थः ‘जितानि लोभस्पृहास्मितानि येषाम्’

• योगीश्वरीम्: Yogīśvarī (the goddess)
• योगीश्वरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगीश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचनम्

• प्रपश्यन्ति: they behold/see clearly
• प्रपश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd) बहुवचनम्

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• शक्तिपराम्: supreme in power
• शक्तिपराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारय) ‘शक्त्या परा’

• हिताम्: benevolent, beneficial
• हिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित (कृदन्त; √धा (धातु) + क्त, ‘placed/beneficial’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (योगीश्वरीम्)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from immediate context in Adhyāya 14)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddhayogīśvarī-pīṭha (within Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene aspirant in Kāśī, having subdued passions, beholds an ethereal Yogīśvarī—radiant yet subtle—standing near a Śaiva shrine, blessing with a protective gesture.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Yogīśvarī (Śakti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner victory over passions and ego is presented as the direct cause for divine vision (darśana) of Śiva’s beneficent Śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī setting is implied (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), with the Yogīśvarī/Siddhayogīśvarī seat being the immediate sacred focus in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is specified here; the prescription is ethical-yogic—conquering desire, anger, greed, craving, and pride.