Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

गते तस्मिन्मुनिवरे वेपमानस्तदा गिरिः । पश्यत्युत्कंठमिव च गतश्चेत्साध्वभूत्ततः

Transliteration

gate tasminmunivare vepamānastadā giriḥ | paśyatyutkaṃṭhamiva ca gataścetsādhvabhūttataḥ

Translation

ആ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ മുനി പോയപ്പോൾ പർവ്വതം വിറച്ചു; ഉത്കണ്ഠയോടെ അദ്ദേഹത്തെ നോക്കിനിൽക്കുന്നപോലെ തോന്നി. എന്നാൽ അദ്ദേഹം പോയശേഷം അത് ശിഷ്ടമായി, നിയന്ത്രിതമായി നിലകൊണ്ടു.

Word by Word

• गते: (when) gone
• गते: Saptamī-samāsādhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (locative absolute with तस्मिन्): 'when (he) had gone'

• तस्मिन्: in/when that (one)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• मुनिवरे: in the best of sages (i.e., when the great sage)
• मुनिवरे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरः मुनिः = best sage)

• वेपमानः: trembling
• वेपमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वेप् (धातु) + शानच् (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle, आत्मनेपद-शानच्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• गिरिः: the mountain
• गिरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees, looks
• पश्यति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• उत्कण्ठम्: longing, eager expectation
• उत्कण्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इव: as if
• इव: Upamā (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• गतः: gone
• गतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/condition)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Hetu/Śarti (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (if)

• साधु: good!, well
• साधु: Bhāva (Exclamation/assessment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/निपातवत् प्रयोगः; अनुमोदनार्थक अव्यय (well!/good!)

• अभूत्: became, was
• अभूत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• ततः: thereupon, then
• ततः: Kārya-kāraṇa/Anantara (Consequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद् + तसिल्)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'thereupon/from that')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vindhya (obedient mountain)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Audience, implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mountain trembles, watching the departing sage with yearning, then steadies itself, remaining restrained and well-behaved.

Characters & Entities

• Vindhya
• Agastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lasting transformation is shown as continued restraint even when the authority figure is no longer present.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vindhya landscape is the focus; it functions as a sacred-geographical episode within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse highlights ethical discipline (niyama) rather than a formal ritual.