Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

यथेष्टं धारणं वायोरनलस्य प्रदीपनम् । नादाभिव्यक्तिरारोग्यं भवेन्नाडीविशोधनात्

Transliteration

yatheṣṭaṃ dhāraṇaṃ vāyoranalasya pradīpanam | nādābhivyaktirārogyaṃ bhavennāḍīviśodhanāt

Translation

नाडीविशोधनामुळे इच्छेनुसार वायूधारण, अंतःअग्नीचे प्रदीपन, नादाची अभिव्यक्ती आणि आरोग्य—हे सर्व प्राप्त होते.

Word by Word

• यथा-इष्टम्: as desired, at will
• यथा-इष्टम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + इष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास, अव्यय — adverb ‘as desired’

• धारणम्: retention/holding (of breath)
• धारणम्: Karta (Result as subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nom./Acc. singular (context: result)

• वायोः: of the wind/breath
• वायोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• अनलस्य: of the fire (digestive fire)
• अनलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• प्रदीपनम्: kindling, stimulation
• प्रदीपनम्: Karta (Result as subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदीपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nom./Acc. singular (result)

• नाद-अभिव्यक्तिः: manifestation of inner sound (nāda)
• नाद-अभिव्यक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाद (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिव्यक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular; समासः ‘नादस्य अभिव्यक्तिः’

• आरोग्यम्: health
• आरोग्यम्: Karta (Subject/result/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरोग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nom./Acc. singular

• भवेत्: would arise/become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative 3rd sg

• नाडी-विशोधनात्: from purification of the nāḍīs
• नाडी-विशोधनात्: Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाडी (प्रातिपदिक) + विशोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन — Ablative singular; समासः ‘नाडीनां विशोधनम्’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A yogin in meditation with subtle luminous nāḍīs; a gentle inner flame at navel/heart; concentric sound-waves (nāda) depicted as fine rings near the head; posture effortless, body radiant with health.

Characters & Entities

• Nāḍī-viśodhana
• Nāda
• Anala (inner fire)
• Vāyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purifying the inner channels transforms practice into lived power: steadier breath, awakened inner energy, subtle perception, and health.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to Kāśī’s spiritual instruction in the Skanda Purāṇa; it does not name a particular ghaṭa or shrine in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāḍī-viśodhana (purification of the nāḍīs) is prescribed as the cause of these yogic and bodily benefits.