Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

स्वेदं कंपं विषादं च जनयेत्क्रमशस्त्वसौ । प्रथमेन जयेत्स्वेदं द्वितीयेन तु वेपथुम्

Transliteration

svedaṃ kaṃpaṃ viṣādaṃ ca janayetkramaśastvasau | prathamena jayetsvedaṃ dvitīyena tu vepathum

Translation

ഈ അഭ്യാസം ക്രമമായി വിയർപ്പ്, നടുക്ക്, വിഷാദം എന്നിവ ഉളവാക്കുന്നു. ആദ്യ ഘട്ടത്തിൽ വിയർപ്പ് ജയിക്കും; രണ്ടാം ഘട്ടത്തിൽ നടുക്ക് ശമിക്കും.

Word by Word

• स्वेदम्: sweat
• स्वेदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• कम्पम्: tremor
• कम्पम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• विषादम्: dejection
• विषादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction: and)

• जनयेत्: should produce
• जनयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should produce/generate)

• क्रमशः: gradually
• क्रमशः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रमशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: gradually/in order)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपातः (particle)

• असौ: he/that (practice)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun: masc. nom. sg.)

• प्रथमेन: by the first (stage)
• प्रथमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणार्थे (instr. sg., ‘by the first’)

• जयेत्: should overcome
• जयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should conquer/overcome)

• स्वेदम्: sweat
• स्वेदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• द्वितीयेन: by the second (stage)
• द्वितीयेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणार्थे (instr. sg., ‘by the second’)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थक-निपातः (particle)

• वेपथुम्: shivering
• वेपथुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेपथु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin practicing breath control; subtle sweat on brow, slight tremor in hands; a teacher-figure indicates calm progression.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Progress in prāṇāyāma has recognizable bodily and mental signs; steadiness comes by patient, graded practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s teaching stream centered on Kāśī, though it does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A stage-based regimen: practice gradually; the first stage overcomes sweating, the second overcomes trembling.