Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

विपद्यपि परं धैर्यं स्थैर्यं संपत्समागमे । गांभीर्यं वाग्विलासेषु औदार्यं पात्रपाणिषु

Transliteration

vipadyapi paraṃ dhairyaṃ sthairyaṃ saṃpatsamāgame | gāṃbhīryaṃ vāgvilāseṣu audāryaṃ pātrapāṇiṣu

Translation

विपत्तीत परम धैर्य, संपत्ती आली तरी स्थैर्य, विनोदी वाणीमध्येही गांभीर्य, आणि योग्य पात्रांच्या पुढे आलेल्या हातांप्रती औदार्य—हे धर्मात्म्यांचे समतोल गुण पूज्य मानले जातात।

Word by Word

• विपदि: in adversity
• विपदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/अपवादार्थक-निपात (particle: even/also)

• परम्: supreme, great
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying धैर्यम्)

• धैर्यम्: courage, fortitude
• धैर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• स्थैर्यम्: steadfastness
• स्थैर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• संपत्: prosperity
• संपत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as member in compound)

• समागमे: at the arrival
• समागमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः: संपत्-समागमे (at the coming of prosperity)

• गाम्भीर्यम्: gravity, depth
• गाम्भीर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाम्भीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as member in compound)

• विलासेषु: in verbal expressions
• विलासेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः: वाग्-विलासेषु (in the play/ornament of speech)

• औदार्यम्: generosity
• औदार्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औदार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पात्र: worthy recipient, vessel
• पात्र: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (as member in compound)

• पाणिषु: in (worthy) hands
• पाणिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः: पात्र-पाणिषु (in hands [that give] to worthy recipients / in the hands of recipients)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (virtue as inner tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A righteous person stands calm amid a storm (adversity), then remains humble amid wealth (prosperity); in a social gathering he speaks with measured grace; finally he offers gifts to a deserving supplicant with open-handed generosity.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is balance: brave in hardship, steady in success, dignified in speech, and generous to the deserving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tirtha; it is part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna to worthy recipients (pātra) is implied as a dharmic practice.