Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

पश्यपश्य महाबुद्धे दृष्ट्वा जांबवतीसुतम् । इमाः स्खलितमापन्नास्तद्रूपक्षुब्धचेतसः

Transliteration

paśyapaśya mahābuddhe dṛṣṭvā jāṃbavatīsutam | imāḥ skhalitamāpannāstadrūpakṣubdhacetasaḥ

Translation

“Lihatlah, lihatlah, wahai yang berakal besar! Tatkala melihat putera Jāmbavatī, wanita-wanita ini mulai terhuyung—fikiran mereka digoncang oleh keelokan rupanya.”

Word by Word

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: सम्बोधन-प्रयुक्त-क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• पश्य: see (again)/look
• पश्य: सम्बोधन-प्रयुक्त-क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्; पुनरुक्ति (emphasis)

• महाबुद्धे: O great-minded one
• महाबुद्धे: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः — ‘O great-minded one’

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) — ‘having seen’

• जाम्बवतीसुतम्: Jāmbavatī’s son (Sāmba)
• जाम्बवतीसुतम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाम्बवती-सुत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘जाम्बवत्याः सुतः’

• इमाः: these (women)
• इमाः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्खलितम्: slipping/faltering
• स्खलितम्: कर्म (Object; with āpannāḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्खलित (कृदन्त; √स्खल् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त — ‘slipping/faltering’

• आपन्नाः: have fallen into/come to
• आपन्नाः: क्रिया (Predicate action/state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपन्न (कृदन्त; √आपद् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, क्रियाविशेष-भावे ‘having fallen into/reached’ (finite sense)

• तद्रूपक्षुब्धचेतसः: with minds agitated by his form
• तद्रूपक्षुब्धचेतसः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्-रूप-क्षुब्ध-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः — ‘तस्य रूपेण क्षुब्धं चेतः यसाम्’ (agitated in mind by his form)

Speaker

Nārada (addressing Kṛṣṇa/Hari), deduced from preceding verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage points out Sāmba (Jāmbavatī’s son) and the women faltering, their minds shaken by his beauty; Krishna is addressed as witness and authority.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sāmba (Jāmbavatī-suta)
• Kṛṣṇa (implied addressee)
• Gopikāḥ (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It warns that unchecked attraction can disturb the mind and lead to adharma; awareness is the first step toward restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as moral-narrative material within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.