Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तस्यां तपस्यमानायामेकाच्छागी लघीयसी । तत्र प्रत्यहमागत्य तिष्ठेत्तत्पुरतोऽचला

Transliteration

tasyāṃ tapasyamānāyāmekācchāgī laghīyasī | tatra pratyahamāgatya tiṣṭhettatpurato'calā

Translation

അവൾ തപസ്സിൽ ലീനയായിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ ഒരു ചെറു മാൻപെൺ പ്രതിദിനം അവിടെ വന്ന് അവളുടെ മുമ്പിൽ അനങ്ങാതെ നിന്നിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her / when she
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘in/when she’

• तपस्यमानायाम्: while (she was) performing austerity
• तपस्यमानायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तपस्य (धातु/नामधातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक-शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative absolute with तस्याम्

• एका: one, a certain
• एका: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (छागी)

• छागी: a she-goat
• छागी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छागी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्ता

• लघीयसी: smaller, lighter
• लघीयसी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लघु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीय-तुलनात्मक (comparative) विशेषणम् (छागी)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• प्रत्यहम्: every day
• प्रत्यहम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति-अहम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having come’

• तिष्ठेत्: would stand, would remain
• तिष्ठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘would stand/remain’

• तत्: of her/that
• तत्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे अव्ययवत्/समासपूर्वपद; ‘of her/that’ qualifying पुरतः

• पुरतः: in front
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-देशवाचक; ‘in front (of)’

• अचला: motionless, unmoving
• अचला: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (छागी)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Uttarārka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small doe approaches at dawn or dusk, stands still before the tapasvinī, both motionless—an emblem of peace around the shrine precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Doe (chāgī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tapas radiates calm and sanctity, even drawing gentle creatures into peaceful proximity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains the Kāśī sacred area near the deity associated with Uttarārka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse describes the daily, steady scene surrounding austerity.