Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

त्वद्दर्शनेन मे गात्रं चिंतासंतापतापितम् । हिमानी गाहनेनेव शीतलं भवति क्षणम्

Transliteration

tvaddarśanena me gātraṃ ciṃtāsaṃtāpatāpitam | himānī gāhaneneva śītalaṃ bhavati kṣaṇam

Translation

നിങ്ങളുടെ ദർശനത്താൽ എന്റെ ശരീരം—ചിന്താശോകത്തിന്റെ ചൂടിൽ ദഹിച്ചതു—ഹിമജലധാരയിൽ മുങ്ങിയതുപോലെ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ ശീതളമാകുന്നു।

Word by Word

• tvat: your
• tvat: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• darśanena: by (your) sight
• darśanena: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (दर्शन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• gātram: body, limb
• gātram: Karta (Subject of bhavati)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gātra (गात्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• ciṃtā: of anxiety
• ciṃtā: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ciṃtā (चिन्ता प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• saṃtāpa: of distress/heat
• saṃtāpa: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtāpa (संताप प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• tāpitam: tormented, scorched
• tāpitam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √tap (तप् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; 'heated/tormented' (गात्रम् विशेषण)

• himānī: snowy river/stream (himānī)
• himānī: Upamana (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himānī (हिमानी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• gāhanena: by plunging/immersion
• gāhanena: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāhana (गाहन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• iva: like, as if
• iva: Upama (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमावाचक (comparative particle)

• śītalam: cool
• śītalam: Karta (Predicate complement of gātram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śītala (शीतल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicate adjective)

• bhavati: becomes
• bhavati: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• kṣaṇam: for a moment
• kṣaṇam: Kāla-adhikarana (Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (क्षण प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कालावधि-अर्थे (accusative of duration)

Speaker

Tvāṣṭra (the seeker)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-ādi ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close, intimate moment: Tvāṣṭra’s face softens as if cooled; behind them a suggested glimmer of a cold stream, or a visual metaphor of cool light washing over him.

Characters & Entities

• Tvāṣṭra
• Tāpasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The darśana of the holy (sādhu-darśana) cools the inner fires of anxiety and grief, restoring clarity and peace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s frame is Kāśī’s greatness; this verse highlights saintly presence as a channel of grace within that sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it praises the spiritual efficacy of darśana (meeting/seeing a realized ascetic).