Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

इति संचिंत्य कौरव्य ततोऽहं चात्र संस्थितः । ज्ञानयोगेन योगींद्रं शतं वर्षाण्यतोषयम्

Transliteration

iti saṃciṃtya kauravya tato'haṃ cātra saṃsthitaḥ | jñānayogena yogīṃdraṃ śataṃ varṣāṇyatoṣayam

Translation

असे चिंतन करून, हे कौरव्य, मी येथेच स्थिर राहिलो; आणि ज्ञानयोगाच्या साधनेने योगींद्राला शंभर वर्षे संतुष्ट केले।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—उक्त्यर्थक/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/thus)

• संचिन्त्य: having thought over
• संचिन्त्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + चिन्त् (धातु) → संचिन्त्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive): 'having reflected'

• कौरव्य: O Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
• कौरव्य: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—क्रमवाचक (then)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—देशवाचक (here)

• संस्थितः: remained; stayed
• संस्थितः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) परन्तु कर्तरि-भावे प्रयुक्तः, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'I remained/was stationed'

• ज्ञानयोगेन: by the yoga of knowledge
• ज्ञानयोगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ज्ञानस्य योगः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• योगीन्द्रम्: the lord of yogis
• योगीन्द्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (योगिनाम् इन्द्रः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Measure/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• अतोषयम्: I pleased; I satisfied
• अतोषयम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु) (णिच्) → तोषय (धातु-प्रयोग)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद, णिच्-प्रयोग (causative): 'I satisfied/pleased'

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; direct address to a Kuru-descendant indicates an epic-style listener within the frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kauravya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada remains at the tīrtha in steady posture across seasons—rain, winter, summer—absorbed in jñāna-yoga; a subtle divine presence (Yogīndra) is felt, as if pleased by unwavering practice.

Characters & Entities

• Kauravya
• Yogīndra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast residence at a holy place, joined with jñāna-yoga, matures into divine satisfaction and spiritual fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The speaker emphasizes remaining “here” (atra) in the tīrtha-context of the chapter; the site name is not provided in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Long-term yogic discipline—especially jñāna-yoga—presented as a sustained sādhana (practice) for pleasing the divine.