Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

गते मुनौ निनिंदस्वमतीवोद्विग्नमानसः । चिन्तामवाप महतीं विंध्यो र्वंध्यमनोरथः

Transliteration

gate munau niniṃdasvamatīvodvignamānasaḥ | cintāmavāpa mahatīṃ viṃdhyo rvaṃdhyamanorathaḥ

Translation

မုနိ ထွက်ခွာသွားသောအခါ ဝိန္ဓျာသည် စိတ်အလွန်လှုပ်ရှား၍ ကိုယ်ကိုယ်တိုင် အပြစ်တင်လေ၏။ ထို့နောက် ကြီးမားသော စိုးရိမ်ပူပန်မှုက ဖုံးလွှမ်းလာပြီး သူ၏ ဆန္ဒများသည် မအောင်မြင်ဘဲ မျိုးမပွားသကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်သွား၏။

Word by Word

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle) used in सति-सप्तमी; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘when (he) had gone’

• मुनौ: (with) the sage (gone)
• मुनौ: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी

• निनिन्द: censured / blamed
• निनिन्द: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √निन्द् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वम्: himself
• स्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; आत्मवाचक

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तीव्रतावाचक (intensifier adverb)

• उद्विग्नमानसः: having an agitated mind
• उद्विग्नमानसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्विग्न-मानस (प्रातिपदिक; उद् + √विज्/√द्विज्? (धातु) + क्त; + मानस)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; उद्विग्न = ‘agitated’ (P.P.P.), मानस = ‘mind’

• चिन्ताम्: worry
• चिन्ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप: attained / fell into
• अवाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + √आप् (धातु; ‘to obtain/attain’)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महतीम्: great
• महतीम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चिन्ताम्)

• विन्ध्यः: Vindhya (mountain)
• विन्ध्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विन्ध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वन्ध्यमनोरथः: whose desire was futile
• वन्ध्यमनोरथः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्ध्य-मनोरथ (प्रातिपदिक; वन्ध्य + मनोरथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विन्ध्यः)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vindhya (as giri-persona)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the sage’s departure, Vindhya is shown as a brooding, personified mountain—head lowered, clouds gathering—consumed by self-blame and heavy anxiety, his aspirations rendered barren.

Characters & Entities

• Vindhya
• Muni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Agitation and self-blame arise when ambition is driven by ego rather than dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.